- From: Christopher Allen <ChristopherA@lifewithalacrity.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:16:14 -0700
- To: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Cc: Credentials Community Group <public-credentials@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CACrqygC+eOB22tT5o=yNM_-+WHLwXZYmHcSEQOLwi9MotN+hyQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 10:57 AM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote: > We are stating this on this mailing list to ensure that it is in the > public record. I realize that this may come across as being overly > concerned about a simple community vote. Nevertheless, this vote is > setting a precedent and we want to make sure that we are being > upstanding citizens in all communities in which we are involved. We also > recognize that other corporations in this group may not choose to do > this, and that is their choice. > Manu & Digital Bazaar team: Thank you very much for your openness and sharing on this issue. The co-chairs realized very late (after charter update, after announcement of election) that there was not a solid definition of "member". Neither the W3C in their documents, nor our charter is clear on it. I know for myself, as someone coming from the IETF, that I appreciated the strong meme and spirit (if sometimes not the practice) of always representing yourself, not your organization. However, that does not really quite exist in our community. In the end, the co-chairs went with how the registration process works at the CCG level — we by default can register in CCG as individuals, not as affiliates of our companies. The CCG membership database works this way. However, I believe all three of us felt there were unintended consequences in both directions. Not only do I suggest this as a topic for discussion for updating our charter (which is now easier to change), I also have become uncomfortable about what has become a binary choice. I think we should also have considered having the election be the person with the most approval, where members could approve all or only a few. This too may have unintended consequences. Right now the chairs get to choose the form of the election. We also tried to find a service to do the election for us, but since only members can vote, and membership was not defined. Thus we had to do the clunky method we are doing this time for what should be a simple election. — Christopher Allen
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