[anti-abuse-wg] Appointment & Removal of Working Group Chairs

Gilles,

Thanks for this. It's... not straight forward, but always happy to talk 
about these things.

Unfortunately for me physical presence is important, if in no small part 
to allay the previously vouched fears regarding "bussing people in" 
which would be far easier virtually than physically.

While policy decision and, of course, discussion takes place on the 
mailing list, the work of the Working Group, traditionally in both AA-WG 
and other WGs the appointment of new Chairs (or removal) has taken place 
at meetings, something I would be keen to continue.

Brian

On 09/10/2014 08:49, Gilles Massen wrote:
> Brian,
>
> Thanks for the proposal. I hoped there would be more common ground
> between the different WG chair selection processes (if only for sanity
> reasons)... maybe some charitable chair would explain it to me next meeting.
>
> This said, while the general rules look good (term duration,
> re-selection, introduction), I find it way to heavy on physical presence
> at meetings and voting. As the most important activity of WGs (i.e.
> policy making) happens on the mailing list, that seems to me to be the
> proper primary venue for chair selection. And just like for policies,
> let's at least try to find consensus on the mailing list first (it would
> also save valuable meeting time).
>
> If it finally comes to voting, please don't exclude non-traveling
> participants. As formal e-voting is probably way to cumbersome, at the
> very least the voice of those following the session in real-time should
> be heard. In the case of unclear results, I'd rather delay chair
> selection, rather than having one that isn't approved by, say, 49% of
> the membership.
>
> For chair removal I don't have a clear-cut opinion, a vote may be the
> reasonable solution, but again not strictly restricted to physical presence.
>
> Gilles
>
>


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