[RTW] For information: The W3C charter of the RTC-Web related activity there

[David Singer]

My experience of the W3C teleconferences is that that the online tool linkage can make them remarkably effective.  (The various 'bots' that run on the IRC channel).

Issues, action items, agenda items, and so on can be tracked automatically, and so on.

On Jan 14, 2011, at 12:47 , Harald Alvestrand wrote:

> On 01/14/11 10:15, Philip Jägenstedt wrote:
>> On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:55:03 +0100, Harald Alvestrand <harald at alvestrand.no> wrote:
>> 
>>> Enclosed is the (HTML format) current proposal for a W3C activity.
>>> Discussion of this is not a DISPATCH activity, so should go to the
>>> rtc-web list until further notice.
>>> 
>>>               Harald
>>> 
>> 
>> I would suggest that teleconferences be limited to a minimum, following <http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter>, which says:
>> 
>> Teleconferences: up to 1 per week, as needed
>> 
>> My expectation would be that no teleconferences are ever needed, as it is a terrible medium for discussing technical issues. In particular, no WG decisions should ever be taken in a teleconference, as that would force everyone to call in at the right time and listen to an hour of hissing/bubbling sounds just to have their vote count.
>> 
> I have found that teleconferences can be extremely useful as "timeline punctuation". I disagree with the idea that everyone who watches/reviews a proposal needs to be on every teleconference every time, but it can be useful as a method to sync chairs, editors and other people who have taken on responsibilities - they're good for effort management, but as you say, bad for technical discussions except (possibly) at critical junctures.
> 
> The W3C people have said that this can be adjusted dynamically by the WG chairs.
> 
>                      Harald
> 
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David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.