Re: [rtcweb] Proposed Video Selection Process

Matt Fredrickson <creslin@digium.com> Thu, 21 November 2013 20:18 UTC

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From: Matt Fredrickson <creslin@digium.com>
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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Proposed Video Selection Process
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I agree.  I too attempt to participate remotely and would not like to
be excluded from any decision making vote on this process.

Matthew Fredrickson

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Peter Dunkley
<peter.dunkley@crocodilertc.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am sure there are many people on the blue sheets who have never
> participated on any of the mailing lists.  My point is that to be fair (and
> as this is controversial it must be fair) if they get a vote because they
> showed up in person those of us who showed up online should get a vote too.
>
> I am based in the UK, so the late in the day meetings at Vancouver were at
> incredibly anti-social times for me.  Still, it was important and I made the
> effort to stay up and participate in the only way I could.
>
> There is also a consistency issue here.  Those of us on Jabber were able to
> (and encouraged to) participate in the consensus process, but it has been
> proposed that we be excluded from the vote.  Really, you should either be
> able to participate through Jabber or not in a consistent way.
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> On 21 November 2013 11:37, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Adam Roach <adam@nostrum.com> wrote:
>> > On 11/21/13 10:56, Justin Uberti wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Following an IETF meeting on Jabber doesn't count as participating?
>> >>
>> >> The "big guy vs little guy" narrative continues...
>> >
>> >
>> > I think that's a bit specious. If someone is following the issue at such
>> > a
>> > distance that they haven't expressed an opinion on the mailing list, I
>> > can't
>> > see how taking a vote from them counts as anything other than simple,
>> > old-fashioned ballot stuffing.
>>
>> They might have just been active on the W3C webrtc list and watched
>> here to see what is happening with codecs, but haven't expressed their
>> position.
>>
>>
>> > I'll take it one step further. I find the prospect that we're allowing
>> > blue
>> > sheets to stand in for participation to be highly questionable: letting
>> > the
>> > tourists vote is weighting the opinion of demonstrably uninvolved (or
>> > less-involved) parties at the same level as those who have actually been
>> > working on the topic. I do not think that a blue-sheet sign in without
>> > any
>> > on-list participation should be sufficient to participate in the kind of
>> > process the chairs are proposing.
>>
>> We could add that participation on the W3C webrtc list also qualifies.
>>
>>
>> > Or perhaps I'm missing something. Is there something about the
>> > capabilities
>> > of "the little guy" that makes sending an email an unrealistically high
>> > barrier to entry?
>>
>> To address the little guys even more, we could also add that
>> participation on the discuss-webrtc list also qualifies.
>>
>> Just my 2c worth.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Silvia.
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> Peter Dunkley
> Technical Director
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