- From: Dave Longley <dlongley@digitalbazaar.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:47:39 -0400
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- Message-ID: <4F6A224B.1080306@digitalbazaar.com>
Manu has already been doing a lot of the procedural heavily lifting for the group and is therefore the de facto chair in my view. So, I vote for him as well. On 03/21/2012 01:23 PM, David Nicol wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Manu Sporny > <msporny@digitalbazaar.com <mailto:msporny@digitalbazaar.com>> wrote: > > 4. We could oppose the W3C requirement for picking a Chair because we > don't think it applies to this group and lobby them to create a > "Facilitator" position instead. > > > Option #4 would be silly and ultimately empty. > > As one of the founders and continuing participant in "Fantasy Rules > Committee," the world's longest-running play-by-e-mail Nomic-like > game, I have experience with practical parlimentary procedure in the > realm of mailing list governance. With the authority inherent in that > verifiable credential, I present to this working group the following: > > As the groups Facilitator, Manu Sporny has been performing the duties > of Chair. > He is willing to continue doing so. > His evident integrity as a public servant is exemplified in the > particular present situation by his demand that he check himself > before effecting what could be interpreted as a "power grab" were he > to simply name himself the Chair without due process. > > I therefore hereby formally nominate Manu Sporny for the position of > working group Chair. > > I vote for Many Sporny for the position of working group Chair. > > Please respond to this list with your assent or reasoned objection to > provide a permanent audit trail of your participation in this open > Chair selection process. -- Dave Longley CTO Digital Bazaar, Inc.
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