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Enable the Council to delegate ruling of specific FOs #621

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Enable the council to delegate ruling of specific FOs
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Use "delegate" rather than "defer"
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Expand Up @@ -2299,7 +2299,17 @@ as well as <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lB8Q_pvqxfN204FQHZ8D2HOb
falling back to a vote if that fails.
The chair must be a member of the [=W3C Council=].

Having reviewed the information gathered by the [=Team=] and its recommendation,
In extraordinary cases,
if the [=Council=] determines that it would not be the appropriate body to handle a particular [=Formal Objection=],
it <em class=rfc2119>may</em> decide by a ⅔ supermajority vote
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it <em class=rfc2119>may</em> decide by a ⅔ supermajority vote
it <em class=rfc2119>may</em> decide by a two-thirds supermajority vote

(i.e. twice as many votes in favor as against)
to delegate the decision for that specific [=Formal Objection=]
to the W3C Board of Directors,
to an officer of its corporation (such as the Legal Counsel),
or to one or more specific individuals from the [=Team=].
Delegation in such cases cannot be later revoked.

Otherwise, having reviewed the information gathered by the [=Team=] and its recommendation,
and after sufficient sufficient deliberation,
the [=W3C Council=] decides whether to
<dfn>sustain</dfn> or <dfn>overrule</dfn> the objection.
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