Re: Proposed Change to HTML-A11Y TF Consensus Procedures

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On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:

> Colleagues:
>
> This is a proposal to amend the HTML-A11Y Task Force's current Consensus
> Procedures:
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/consensus-procedures
>
>
> PROPOSAL: Amend the TF's Consensus Procedures to expressly allow the TF
> Co-Facilitators to request that PF and HTML-WG chairs conduct their
> working group Calls for Consensus on Task
> Force consensus questions concurrently with the TF's CfC.
>
> EXPLANATION: Our practice to date has been to conduct a CfC in the TF,
> await a formal TF decision, then follow with requests to PF and HTML-WG
> for working group CfCs on the same question. At a minimum this process
> requires two weeks, and has frequently taken longer.
>
> By not requiring concurrent consensus calls, the TF would remain free to
> use the procedure as a tool for clarifying the Task Force's position.
>
> However, where the TF Co-Facilitators believe that TF consensus is
> evident, allowing concurrent consensus calls  would streamline the
> process for agreeing to a course of action.
>
> EXAMPLE: A concurrent CfC might be conducted for the FPWD publication of
> a joint deliverable, allowing publication to move forward in as little
> as one week, as opposed to a minimum of two weeks.
>
> Next Steps: Please respond on this thread with any comments. The TF will
> also take up this agendum in a forthcoming regular teleconference.
>
> Janina
>
>
>
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