RE: Proposed Change to HTML-A11Y TF Consensus Procedures

I support this proposal.

Cheers!

JF

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina@rednote.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 9, 2015 10:07 AM
> To: HTML Accessibility Task Force; public-html-admin@w3.org; W3C WAI
> Protocols & Formats
> Subject: Proposed Change to HTML-A11Y TF Consensus Procedures
>
> 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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