- From: Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 08:19:27 -0400
- To: Robin Berjon <robin@w3.org>, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>, Alex Russell <slightlyoff@google.com>
- CC: "www-tag@w3.org List" <www-tag@w3.org>
On 7/2/2014 3:33 AM, Robin Berjon wrote: > > I know there are resolutions, but if we're being properly pedantic (and the > topic is, after all, process) those aren't formal votes. Unless I missed > something (including while in the room :) those were just straw polls. > Formal votes take place when consensus fails, they require the group to be > quorate, votes to be recorded, etc. You missed something :-). In my time as chair and in my experience working with other chairs as a member since 2004 (right, not 1994, sorry) most resolutions and some other matters were settled by formal votes, exactly as you describe. Quora required, votes recorded, etc. As previously noted, I considered this particular important when the TAG was agreeing to act formally as a group, e.g. to take a position on the work of some other organization or working group. We often would vote formally that the text of an email setting out such a position was to be sent. Noah
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