Re: Call For Consensus Process Review

+1 to trying this approach

* katie *

Katie Haritos-Shea @ GMAIL
On May 12, 2015 2:17 PM, "Andrew Kirkpatrick" <akirkpat@adobe.com> wrote:

>  The WCAG Working Group is working to build greater engagement among
> participants, and as with many groups some of the main obstacles are
> factors of time and space.  Specifically, 11am Boston time is not an ideal
> time for participants from around the world to participate in a
> teleconference, but traditionally that is when key decisions are made
> within the working group.
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> We feel that adopting a different decision-making process will help foster
> greater participation and on today’s teleconference the participants
> present approved a consensus procedure, but did so with a dependency on a
> review by the participants via the WCAG mailing list.
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> We ask that participants read and review the proposed procedure, and reply
> to this list if you have any objections.  Positive comments are welcome
> also of course, but if no new objections are raised within two working days
> of this message then the new procedure will be approved.
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> New procedure:
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/WCAG_Working_Group_Consensus_Procedure
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> Meeting minutes from today’s meeting:
> http://www.w3.org/2015/05/12-wai-wcag-minutes.html#item03
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> Survey where draft was initially discussed by WG (pre-dates the wiki
> version above):
> https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/20150512Misc/results#xcfcprop
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> Thanks,
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> AWK
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> Andrew Kirkpatrick
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> Group Product Manager, Accessibility
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> Adobe Systems
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> akirkpat@adobe.com <akirkpatrick@adobe.com>
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> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility
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