- From: Peter Crowther <Peter.Crowther@networkinference.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:02:35 -0000
- To: "Dan Connolly" <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: "Jim Hendler" <hendler@cs.umd.edu>, <www-webont-wg@w3.org>
> From: Dan Connolly [mailto:connolly@w3.org] > On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 08:32, Peter Crowther wrote: > [...] > > Hmm. Repeated and sustained argument for one point of view from the > > Chair on an issue that will come to a vote. Whatever happened to > > Chair's impartiality per W3C Process? > > The word 'impartial' doesn't occur in the W3C process document. > http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process-20010719/process.html Entirely true, and I retract the sentence beginning 'Whatever' and apologise to Professor Hendler and to the group for working from memory rather than quoting sources. However, I stand by my second email that quotes from the 'Role of the Group Chair' document. > The chair's job is to facilitate consensus in a group. > They're not prohibited from taking positions, as long > as it doesn't interfere with that job. Indeed. Particularly in [1], I really cannot see Professor Hendler facilitating consensus in the group --- rather, accentuating the strife. - Peter [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-webont-wg/2002Dec/0105.html
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