- From: Jeremy Carroll <jjc@hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:11:24 +0100
- To: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>
- CC: public-owl-wg@w3.org
Jeremy: >> I also think that in general, we should have at least some text >> drafting proprosals, in the agenda 24 hrs before the question will be >> put. Alan: > While I think this is a good idea in general, I wonder if that will be > always be possible, and wouldn't want to require it. Do you agree that > the cooling off period we suggest effectively addresses the issue? Agreed! Alan: > However, in the > interest of addressing desire of those members would like there be a > publication sooner, I think we should think creatively about how to do > that in a way that addresses the concerns of you, Jim, and others who > had some worries about this. Could you, Jim, and anyone else who is > similarly concerned could make some suggestions along those lines? > I'll try to make a suggestion today (I am still struggling with RDF Mapping though!) > > Also, although the goal is to achieve consensus, and that is my own > goal, the process includes provision for voting, which means that > consensus is not strictly required. While we will undoubtedly need to use majority voting at some point, I would hope that in a group of this size, we would only need to formally vote on a handful of occassions, and that those occassions will be very clear (e.g. we fail to find consensus on a topic for a number of weeks, and the chairs clearly announce that we will decide by majority vote) Consensus process is certainly harder when people cannot attend the telecon - since the process requires minorities to a) realize that they are in a (typically small) minority b) to back down gracefully if possible c) or to be given enough telecon/e-mail space to make their case if they feel strongly, often involving not making a decision for a week or two while discussion follows (often to a foregone conclusion!) d) only be formally outvoted after a) b) and c) Jeremy
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