On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Mike Shaver <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The WHATWG has a steering council made up of browser developers.
>> Officially, they can override Ian's decisions or make him step down as
>> editor.  They've never had to exercise this power yet, though.
>
> Could you elaborate on this?  That *anyone* can override Ian's
> decisions or make him step down as editor is news to me, and I suspect
> that the organization I represent is counted among the developers you
> list.  Who is on the steering council of browser developers?  How does
> one appeal a decision to them, and how do they determine what to do
> (unanimity, majority vote, rotating single-person veto, five-card
> draw)?

Bottom of the charter: http://www.whatwg.org/charter

I believe the decision process is knife fight to first blood.

~TJ

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