- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:58:00 -0800
- To: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Cc: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>, Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>
On Nov 7, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > > So, on one hand, I have zero sympathy for any active participant in > the working group who chose to attend a session on MathML who may > claim to have been unaware of this work or making any statement > other than the fact that while they personally did not have a chance > to review it, sufficient others have for this to have been sent on > behalf of the working group. > > On the other hand, having been posted for the first time on a > Wednesday afternoon/evening, and sent on behalf of the HTML WG on a > Friday morning is simply not enough time. In addition to two days being a short time in general, WG members who were attending TPAC were likely not fully caught up public-html email that was sent during the TPAC week. I have sympathy for the claim of being unaware of the contents of the comments because I was myself unaware, despite being fully caught up on email right before TPAC. I believe the concern of the people in the MathML session was not that something untoward happened, but merely that they were unclear on what had in fact happened. > > Let me be clear here: I don't want this to be a witch hunt: the > process was unclear, and that is the fault of the co-chairs. What > is done is done; what I want to know is what changes to the process > should we consider going forward. Guidelines from the ASF may help > as a starting point: we require that everybody have had a chance to > review the material (which requires public notification and a > minimum 72 hour period for review, and generally more if we know > that there is a significant holiday or event or any individual > indicates in advance a conflict) AND for a minimum of three > independent individuals to have done so. > > Would a set of rules, perhaps even these ones, have helped in this > context? I think it would have. Regards, Maciej
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