Re: PWE minutes

+1 to most everything Chaals said.  We need to beef up the attention to 
chairs in this overall effort.

On 12/16/2019 4:50 PM, Charles 'chaals' (McCathie) Nevile wrote:
> In the minutes, the people who were at the meeting felt it was 
> unlikely chairs would unliaterally redact harmful comments or block 
> someone on a mailing list. In my experience I have both done, and seen 
> other chairs do that - fortunately not frequently, but more than once. 
> I think it is worth anticipating the possibility, and being clear that 
> we invest chairs with the authority to do so in cases where it is 
> necessary.
>
> Note that behaviour of chairs is subject to claims that it contravenes 
> the code, so this is not "carte blanche" for chairs to become to 
> become petty dictators, and such authority should be exercised with 
> thoughtfulness and restraint.
>
> FWIW We should be far more proactive in talking to chairs about this. 
> I never learned to do this in chair training, but I have often been 
> backed up by other chairs and group members (including people in this 
> CG), and unsurprisingly have also backed off and apologised for 
> overstepping the boundaries of reasonable and proportional. I have 
> likewise found myself in the position of feeling that a co-chair has 
> overstepped, and imposed an unduly harsh restriction. With no apparent 
> guidance resolving these situations is one of the most challenging 
> aspects of chairing, and one where I really felt more help from W3C is 
> important.
>
> cheers
>

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