Re: [wg-c-1] Re: [wg-c] WG Chairs

[dwmaher@ibm.net]

A constructive suggestion. I support it.
David Maher
At 04:13 PM 7/13/99 -0400, Kevin J. Connolly wrote:
>Dear Readers,
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>The time has come for us to adopt an authoritative decisionmaking mechanism.  
>I'm going to posit the following approach:
>
>(1) Suggestions of consensus may be made by the Reporter with the concurrence 
>of either Chair, or by both Chairs concurrently, or by any five members of 
>the WG.  
>The suggester is responsible for expressing the topic of the suggested 
>consensus in 
>writing, and e-mailing the expression to the Reporter, who will assign the 
>proposal a 
>control number and post it under the topic "Consensus Call #XXX."  Messages 
>posted 
>to the list with this topic (or a confusingly similar topic) other than by 
>the Reporter will be 
>deleted, and persistent offenders are subject to suspension of authority to 
>write to the 
>list.
>
>(2) Such suggestions will be open to comment for a period of ten calendar 
>days.  Members 
>of the WG, in commenting on the suggestion, should express at the outset 
>whether they do 
>or do not concur that consensus exists.
>
>(3) At the close of the comment period, if more than three members of the WG 
>express the 
>belief that consensus does not exist, or if the belief that consensus exists 
>is not more than 
>twice as prevalent as the belief that it does not exist, then the 
>Suggester(s) shall either 
>re-submit their suggestion of consensus (to take into account comments from 
>the WG) 
>or request a votebot.  If a votebot is resorted to, then the activation of 
>the votebot will be
> publicized on the list by daily postings under the topic "Consensus Call 
>#XXX - Votebot."  
>Votebots shall be open for not less than one calendar week.  If the result 
>of the votebot 
>indicates that the suggestion is supported by not less than 60% of the WG 
>members voting, 
>then the suggestion shall be deemed to have been adopted.  Once adopted, 
>suggestions 
>of consensus shall be reconsidered upon concurrence of 60% of the membership 
>of the 
>WG.
>
>(4) Elections (of chairs or other officers) shall be by simple majority.
>
>Kevin J. Connolly
>
><As usual, please disregard the silly trailer>
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