- From: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:38:37 -0600
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>
I've decided to not ask for an extension. You can put me down to write the change proposals for the items. Shelley On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: > > The chairs will confer privately and get back to you. > > - Maciej > > On Jan 15, 2010, at 10:11 AM, Shelley Powers wrote: > >> The chairs have asked for a volunteer to write the change proposals >> for some of these items. Though the items were entered in a staggered >> fashion, over a period of close to three months, they were all acted >> upon in a matter of a couple of days. This makes it difficult to set >> aside enough time to do a proper job on the change proposals, >> regardless of other commitments on my time. >> >> I originally started posting the bugs in October, expecting action on >> most in November and December, when I wasn't approaching a book >> deadline. Unfortunately, they were all acted upon in January. This is, >> unfortunately, the worst time for this to happen for me, as I can't >> afford distractions right now. As other book authors in this group can >> attest, the weeks before the draft is due are the most stressful, and >> the ones that can least afford distractions. >> >> I hate leaving these open, though, and seemingly unsupported. I also >> realize there are others interested in writing counter-proposals, but >> they're waiting on someone volunteering to write the initial proposal. >> I don't want to leave folks waiting on me, as I had to wait on others. >> >> I'd like to propose to the co-chairs and the group the following >> schedule for change proposals for these issues. The dates more or less >> match the intervals for the bugs, except for Issue 94, which will >> require the most extensive work: >> >> Issue 95 regarding the Hidden attribute - I can have a change proposal >> by February 15 >> >> Issue 89 regarding the idioms section - I can have a chance proposal >> by February 22 >> >> Issue 90 regarding redefining figure - I can have potentially two >> change proposals for this one, by March 5 >> >> Issue 91 regarding clean up of aside - I can have a change proposal >> for this one March 12 >> >> Issue 92 regarding clean up of table - I can have a change proposal >> for this one March 15 >> >> This is the first set of issues, and all would fall before the March >> 14th deadline, if I held on volunteering until just before the Feb >> 14th deadline >> >> The next set would follow: >> >> Issue 93 regarding deleting the details element - I can have a change >> proposal for this one March 22 >> >> Issue 96 regarding deleting the progress element -- change proposal March >> 29th >> >> Issue 97 regarding deleting the meter element -- change proposal April 5th >> >> Lastly the big one: >> >> Issue 94, splitting Web Applications Core - Change proposal by April 23 >> >> I think that's all of them. This would also stagger the items so that >> they're not hitting the group all at once. If you want longer >> intervals between items, I can certainly push the dates out. >> >> I think my request is reasonable, considering others have been granted >> extensions when they've needed the time. I also think it's fair, >> considering many of these were held for weeks, only to have a quick >> response of WONTFIX assigned. >> >> Regardless, I need to hear something from the chairs on this. I ended >> up holding for weeks for a response to these bugs. I don't want to >> have to be put on hold again, only to be told to rush my work in the >> end. >> >> Thanks >> >> Shelley >> > >
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