- From: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:24:05 -0700
- To: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>
- Cc: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, "Edward O'Connor" <hober0@gmail.com>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 5:31 AM, Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Apr 21, 2010, at 7:46 PM, Shelley Powers wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Edward O'Connor <hober0@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Several of us have written a zero-edit Change Proposal to keep the >>> >>> various new elements, attributes, and controls that are up for >>> >>> deletion. You can find our Change Proposal on the WG wiki here: >>> >>> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/KeepNewElements >>> >>> >>> It's good to see some specifics. I appreciate you all taking the time >>> to respond to my change proposals. >>> >>> Co-Chairs, I ask for some time to respond to this counter-proposal. >>> I'm assuming that the May 6th deadline is still viable for >>> counter-proposals. May I have until that time to modify my change >>> proposals to answer the issues raised in this counter-proposal? >>> >>> We're not going to cut conversation off before everyone has had a fair >>> chance to revise their proposals. >>> However, since we're not expecting additional alternate proposals or >>> counter-proposals, now seems a fine time to start discussion. >>> Regards, >>> Maciej >>> >> >> Folks can discuss if they wish. I would rather make adjustments in my >> change proposals in order to respond to new issues raised with this >> change proposal. Frankly, I don't feel comfortable in participating in >> discussions in this group. >> >> Additionally, just because you're not expecting any other >> counter-proposals doesn't mean there won't be any. You have recorded a >> specific date for such counter-proposals. I suggest you honor the >> date. These items have been treated irregularly from the beginning. I >> would hope for some consistency at some time in the process. >> >> Shelley >> > > And evidently, you've also modified the Decision Policy in the meantime. > > It seems that the co-chairs no longer make decisions based on the > strengths of the arguments, or the rationales given. From the Decision > Policy, it would seem now that the decisions are based on popularity > in polls, and votes. > > So, it doesn't matter what I say. Hmm.. That is not what I'm seeing in the current decision policy. It does instead seem like if there is no clear result of the poll, there is a risk of infinite loop where we return to discussions until there is a clear consensus. / Jonas
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