From e5427b8cc6cd33e056e90b56cb584d9b786fa795 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Rivoal Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:31:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Change how the Chairing of the Council is determined As per resolution of the AB on 2019-06-17. Closes #277 --- index.bs | 20 +++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index 88340dee..ad5b8884 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -1276,30 +1276,28 @@ Recording and Reporting Formal Objections to the [=W3C Council=]. The W3C Council consists of the following, - with the exception of any who recuse themselves: - * the [=CEO=], who serves as the Chair of the W3C Council + with the exception of any who [=recuse=] themselves: + * the [=CEO=] * the members of the [=Advisory Board=] * the members of the [=Technical Architecture Group=] - A recusal is required for any of these + A recusal 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. - If the [=CEO=] recuses themself, - they may nominate another member of the W3C management to serve in their place. - Issue(w3c/w3process#277): If the CEO needs to recuse themself, - they are probably not the best person to pick the alternate chair. - As an alternative, in case of CEO recusal, - the [=W3C Council=] could pick its own chair - by instant-runoff voting. + The CEO appoints the Chair of the W3C Council, + with the advice of the rest of the Council. + This may be the CEO themself, + unless the CEO [=recuses=], + in which case they must 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. + 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.