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Mozilla believes that the technology used to promote the process can affect the transparency of the process as much as the procedural rules. Therefore, we would recommend that all documentation use open web standards like HTML that can be implemented in multiple viewers and rendered in ways that are searchable and accessible at the lowest cost to stakeholders and the public. | Mozilla believes that the technology used to promote the process can affect the transparency of the process as much as the procedural rules. Therefore, we would recommend that all documentation use open web standards like HTML that can be implemented in multiple viewers and rendered in ways that are searchable and accessible at the lowest cost to stakeholders and the public. | ||
=====Process===== | =====Process===== | ||
To facilitate a transparent process, we recommend that discussions during in-person meetings be documented in meeting minutes by voluntary minute-takers (as designated by the chair of the meeting). A technology that may be useful for this is Etherpad | To facilitate a transparent process, we recommend that discussions during in-person meetings be documented in meeting minutes by voluntary minute-takers (as designated by the chair of the meeting). A technology that may be useful for this is Etherpad, where others in the meetings can also add to the minutes and make corrections as necessary in real-time. | ||
=====Procedures stakeholders should follow to explain decisions===== | =====Procedures stakeholders should follow to explain decisions===== | ||
Stakeholders should publish their explanations of decisions on issues discussed on the web, preferably on an open wiki, and cite sources for their reasoning (using URLs). Stakeholders should also cite the minutes/notes of their meetings with other stakeholders to explain decisions they have reached in concert. | Stakeholders should publish their explanations of decisions on issues discussed on the web, preferably on an open wiki, and cite sources for their reasoning (using URLs). Stakeholders should also cite the minutes/notes of their meetings with other stakeholders to explain decisions they have reached in concert. | ||