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Define recusal as per AB resolution on 2019-06-17
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Closes #278.

Keeps an inline issue about an unresolved subissue.
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frivoal committed Jun 17, 2019
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Expand Up @@ -1281,30 +1281,28 @@ Recording and Reporting Formal Objections</h4>
* the members of the [=Advisory Board=]
* the members of the [=Technical Architecture Group=]

A <dfn lt="recusal | recuse | recuses">recusal</dfn> is required for any of these
directly involved in the matter of the [=Formal Objection=]
(e.g. that they are a chair, and it is their decision that is in question,
or they are the individual who registered the [=Formal Objection=]);
other members may recuse themselves if they feel there could be a reasonable perception that they are directly involved.
Participants in the [=W3C Council=] <em class=rfc2119>must</em> [=recuse=] themselves
if they are the person who issued the decision being objected to,
or if they are the person who registered the [=Formal Objection=].
Participants may also [=recuse=] themselves for any reason.
Any person who has <dfn lt="recusal | recuse | recuses | recused">recused</dfn> themself
does not take part in its deliberations,
determination of concensus,
or votes
on this matter.
The [=W3C Council=] <em class=rfc2110>may</em> still solicit and hear their testimony,
as they can of anyone else in the W3C community.

Issue: It is still an open question whether someone who has recused themself
should still be allowed to participate in the deliberations of the Council
even if they are excluded from the consensus/vote.

The CEO appoints the <dfn>Chair of the W3C Council</dfn>,
with the advice of the rest of the Council.
This <em class=rfc2919>may</em> be the CEO themself,
unless the CEO [=recuses=],
in which case they <em class=rfc2119>must</em> find an alternative chair.

Issue(w3c/w3process#278): Fuzzy criteria for recusal are problematic:
individual with only tangential involvement in the matter,
or even with no real involvement at all in the matter,
could be pressured into recursing themselves.
Conversely, over-assertive individuals may fail to [=recuse=] themselves even when it would be appropriate.
We may instead want to make a strict and non ambiguous criteria.
It is also unclear how useful it is to require recusal from the person raising the objection,
since that can easily be circumvented by asking someone else to file the objection on one's behalf.
For example, recusal could be required of (and only of):
a Chair who issued the [=Chair Decision=] or [=Group Decision=] being objected to,
and the CEO for objections against their own decisions and those of the Team.

Having reviewed the information gathered by the [=Team=] and its recommendation,
and after sufficient sufficient deliberation,
the [=W3C Council=] decides whether to
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