Re: [Ietf-and-github] I-D Action: draft-ietf-git-using-github-01.txt

["Martin Thomson" <[e-mail]>]

On Sun, Oct 13, 2019, at 06:37, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> Secondly, I think something like the following is needed, possibly in 
> section 10 'GitHub Limitations':
> 
> For practical reasons, some participants might access GitHub only via 
> its web interface. The above recommendations still allow them to 
> participate in discussions. If any participants have no access to 
> GitHub for some reason, the Working Group chairs MUST ensure that their 
> comments are taken into account.

Hi Brian,

There was already text in Section 7 that addressed this point.  I've sharpened it (major additions highlighted), as follows:

~~~
[...]  Participants who wish to limit this time commitment might
follow GitHub activity selectively, either by following only specific issues or
by occasionally reviewing the state of the document.  **Other participants might
not use GitHub at all.**  Chairs are reminded that assessing consensus based on
GitHub content alone cannot be assumed to reach all interested participants.

**Chairs MUST consider input from all discussion venues when assessing consensus
including GitHub, mailing lists, and in-person meetings.  Each venue has
different selection biases that might need to be considered.**

A Working Group chair MUST consult the Working Group mailing list for any issue
that is potentially contentious. [...]
~~~

I've bundled this with the suggested unpacking of "session".

https://github.com/ietf-gitwg/using-github/pull/24