Re: CFC: a policy for calls for consensus on SWICG group decisions

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still learning the ropes ^_^



On Thu, September 28, 2023 5:31 pm, Lisa Rein wrote:
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> On Sep 28, 2023, at 5:02 PM, Benjamin Goering  wrote:
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> SWIP-37f2: a policy for calls for consensus on SWICG group
> decisionsIntroduction
> The Social Web Incubation Community Group is missing an explicit
> decision-making policy, which essentially all other W3C community groups
> have to ensure asynchronous and healthy consensus mechanisms across
> timezones and participatory modes.
> Proposal
> W3C SWICG will seek to make decisions through consensus and due process,
> per the W3C Process Document, §5.2.1 Consensus.
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> To afford asynchronous decisions and organizational deliberation, any
> resolution (including publication decisions) taken in a face-to-face
> meeting or teleconference will be considered provisional.
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> A call for consensus (CFC) will be issued for all resolutions via email to
> public-swicg@w3.org (archives). The presence of formal resolutions will be
> indicated by a "CFC" prefix in the subject line of the email. Additional
> outreach to community venues for more affirmative consent is strongly
> encouraged. There will be a response period of 14 days. If no sustained
> objections are raised by the end of the response period, the resolution
> will be considered to have consensus as a resolution of the Community
> Group, i.e. a group decision.
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> All decisions made by the group should be considered resolved unless and
> until new information becomes available or unless reopened at the
> discretion of the Chairs or the Director.
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> This policy is an operational agreement per the W3C Community and Business
> Group Process.
> ContextW3C Groups with Similar Decision Policies
> These community groups and working groups have similar decision policies
> with tentative meeting resolutions and confirmation of calls for consensus
> via email:
> WebAssembly Community Group CharterCredentials Community Group Charter
> (see section "Transparency")Web Extensions Community Group CharterWeb of
> Things Interest Group CharterHTML Working Group CharterWeb Platform
> Working Group CharterWeb Applications Working Group CharterMedia Working
> Group CharterWeb Performance Working Group CharterService Workers Working
> Group CharterVerifiable Credentials Working Group CharterJSON-LD Working
> Group CharterWebAssembly Working Group CharterWeb Authentication Working
> Group CharterImmersive Web Working Group CharterWeb Payments Working Group
> CharterDevices and Sensors Working Group CharterDistributed Tracing
> Working Group CharterWeb Editing Working Group CharterInternationalization
> Working Group CharterPublishing Maintenance Working Group CharterSolid
> Community Group Charter (see section "Decision Policy")Decentralized
> Identifier Working Group Charter
> Proposal processes on SWICG Forum with identical response period:
> FEP-a4ed: The Fediverse Enhancement Proposal ProcessW3C Community Group
> Process
> W3C SWICG is a W3C Community Group (CG).
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> CGs are described in their process document as follows (excerpted for
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> This document defines W3C Community Groups, where anyone may develop
> Specifications, hold discussions, develop tests, and so on, with no
> participation fee. …
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> Community Groups that develop specifications do so under policies designed
> to strike a balance between ease of participation and safety for
> implementers and patent holders …
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> A Community Group may adopt operational agreements… that establish the
> group’s scope of work, decision-making processes, communications
> preferences, and other operations. …
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> The following rules govern Community Group operational agreements:
> They must be publicly documented.They must be fair and must not
> unreasonably favor or discriminate against any group participant or their
> employer.They must not conflict with or modify this Community and Business
> Group Process, the Community Contributor License Agreement (CLA), or the
> Final Specification Agreement. …
> the Chair determines the means by which the group adopts and modifies
> operational agreements. The Chair must give actual notice to the
> participants of any material changes to the agreements. Participants may
> resign from the group if they do not wish to participate under the new
> agreements. …
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> Note: W3C encourages groups adopt decision-making policies that promote
> consensus. …
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> Each Community Group must have at least one Chair who is responsible for
> ensuring the group fulfills the requirements of this document as well as
> the group’s operational agreements.
> Related ReadingIETF RFC7282 On Consensus and Humming in the IETFDoty,
> Nick, and Deirdre K. Mulligan. 2013. "Internet Multistakeholder Processes
> and Techno-Policy Standards: Initial Reflections on Privacy at the World
> Wide Web Consortium" Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law
> 11.Harmonization (standards), en.wikipedia.orgEditorial Notes
> The title of this proposal was generated in line with norms established by
> Content addressed vocabulary for extensionsand FEP-a4ed: The Fediverse
> Enhancement Proposal Process.
> ⚡ P='a policy for calls for consensus on SWICG group decisions' ⚡ echo
> "SWIP-$(echo -n "$P" | sha256sum | cut -c-4): $P" SWIP-37f2: a policy for
> calls for consensus on group decisions
> The 'SW' in 'SWIP' stands for 'Social Web'.
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> This proposal was initially published at:
> https://socialweb.coop/SWIP/37f2/a-policy-for-calls-for-consensus-on-swicg-group-decisions/Copyright
> CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
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> To the extent possible under law, the authors of this Proposal have waived
> all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.
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