19 Oct
2009
19 Oct
'09
4:42 p.m.
Tim Thank-you. Quick question below... On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Tim Bray <Tim.Bray@sun.com> wrote:
Does anyone have any alternative suggestions? We need a simple model for reaching consensus here, that grows the community and adoption.
In practice, I've had experience with three processes; ... ... In the W3C, you argue for a while and then the chair (co-chairs usually) assert what the consensus is. Informally consensus is considered to be the absence of sustained intense reasonable resistance. If you disagree you appeal to the Area Director, the IESG, the IAB and eventually the Internet Society (I may have that appeal chain out of order).
Did you mean 'IETF' for this last item? alexis