Re: Next Draft needs 60 day review time

Review deadlines in our documents are usually not hard deadlines. Even 
if we publish another draft, we'd accept comments on a prior one, unless 
they really became overcome by events. The deadline is mainly to create 
a sense of urgency so people don't take a year to review a draft. I 
wouldn't want to be stopped from publishing in 3 months because we set a 
3-month review deadline and are still waiting for comments, I'd rather 
just take comments as they come in.

The concern over bureaucratic timelines is bigger when we reach the wide 
review stage. At that point we should certainly allow at least 3 months 
before planning to advance to CR. And the transition to CR triggers 
another 60- or 90-day period before we can progress to Rec. So for me, I 
prefer to keep 1-month review deadlines in Working Drafts, until we 
reach wide review, then extend them.

Michael

On 22/01/2021 2:19 p.m., Rachael Bradley Montgomery wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This email is just to make sure we capture that US gov (and likely 
> every other major bureaucracy) needs a stated 60 or 90 day deadline to 
> review the document. The next draft should have a longer review period.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rachael
>
> -- 
> Rachael Montgomery, PhD
> Director, Accessible Community
> rachael@accessiblecommunity.org <mailto:rachael@accessiblecommunity.org>
>
> "I will paint this day with laughter;
> I will frame this night in song."
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