On 26/2/09 08:57, Harry Halpin wrote:
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Christine Perey wrote:
Harry wrote:
I am also distinctly uncomfortable with all this off-list e-mailing.
Discussios pertinent to the group should happen on-list. It is
inefficient
and not transparent to have to e-mail all of you once, and then e-mail
the
list, every time something has to get done. Therefore, unless I get a
reason
not to, I will start just e-mailing the list for all tasks.
My reply:
I do not propose to continue this back channel indefinitely.
The reasons that there is this off-list mailing on the proof reading
of the
wiki page which I prepared 12 hours ago are four fold:
1. sometimes it is valuable to formulate sentences, statements, proposals
for action (the agenda for a meeting, for example), in a small group
and to
get quick feedback within that "trusted" circle before pushing an
ill-formed
or poorly articulated proposal (e.g., a wiki page) to a larger and
important
group. This pre-vetting process helps us to have well articulated and
clear
statements for people to read and think about, eventually to debate or
agree
with.
This can be done on a list. The list is not that huge. This is normal
operating procedure in every W3C group I have been part of.
+1
This is the foundation for much of the trust in W3C as a forum...
cheers,
Dan
