Re: Please vote to approve/disapprove the new charter

approve

Regards, Bill Claxton (williamc@itr8.com <mailto:williamc@itr8.com>)
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On 4/10/2020 11:03 AM, Kim Hamilton wrote:
> Hello all,
> Following up on Tuesday's CCG call, the chairs proposed we adopt the 
> new charter and updates process 
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/15_7noTaKsqN-TBR7VgECpy-H-zS05rNds81GyRw95jE/edit#heading=h.9fyeyfch5770>. 
> This must be adopted following the process in the current charter, 
> which requires a 30-day voting period and 2/3 of votes cast signaling 
> approval[1]
>
> *Action requested*: We request that you signal your 
> approval/disapproval by responding to this email with "approve" or 
> "disapprove", and then feel free to promptly mute this thread, which 
> may get noisy.
>
> Thanks,
> Kim on behalf of chairs
>
> [1] see "Amendments to this Charter" 
> https://www.w3.org/community/credentials/charter-20140808/. Relevant 
> excerpt:
>
> The group can decide to work on a proposed amended charter, editing 
> the text using the Decision Process described above. The decision on 
> whether to adopt the amended charter is made by conducting a 30-day 
> vote on the proposed new charter. The new charter, if approved, takes 
> effect on either the proposed date in the charter itself, or 7 days 
> after the result of the election is announced, whichever is later. A 
> new charter must receive 2/3 of the votes cast in the approval vote to 
> pass. The group may make simple corrections to the charter such as 
> deliverable dates by the simpler group decision process rather than 
> this charter amendment process.