RE: face to face meeting host offers for the HTML WG?

Chris,

for what it’s worth you have my full support.

To my knowledge, there is no information Chris, of misusing the trust of
others. This is a very big group, and a lot of opinions are represented,
but is there anyone who really believes that there is a small chance of
doing this without Microsoft, and then having the new specification
implemented in one of the next IEs ? If we cant work out the personal
issues, there will be no new specification, not in 3 months, and not even
in 3 years.

Lets stop all the personal issues and get to work.

Greetings,
Niko Neugebauer

>
> Gavin,
> 	That would be my point exactly.  Follow the thread on my blog
> and Daniel's (my first post is at
> http://blogs.msdn.com/cwilso/archive/2007/01/10/you-me-and-the-w3c-aka-r
> einventing-html.aspx) and perhaps you'll see what I'm referring to.
>
> I want to evolve HTML.  I thought at one point, apparently naively, that
> since I could see both sides of the issue - the value of both the WHATWG
> goals and the W3C IP policy and process - that perhaps I could help here
> and make this a better world.  I can't do that and fight personal
> battles at the same time.  I feel I've been doing that, being accused of
> making some kind of secret back-room deals or something that I simply
> haven't been doing.  Perhaps this just caught me at a bad time; Daniel's
> mail to me seemed to imply that a sizable portion of the group does not
> want me to be co-chair.  If you collectively don't think it's a good
> idea to have me as co-chair, then I'd prefer not to waste my time, and
> I'm sure Dan will do a fine job.  I'm asking for a vote of confidence
> (or not) from the rest of the group.  My feelings are not going to be
> hurt either way.
>
> Regardless of my co-chairship, someone from Microsoft will participate
> in this WG.  I've said that before, it continues to be true.  Even if I
> am co-chair, I've said I think it might be a good idea to have a
> different Microsoft WG representative.  I'm sorry we have not been agile
> in getting approval for that participation; I take full personal
> responsibility for that.  It has been an accident of very poor timing, a
> somewhat lengthy process that we must follow internal to Microsoft for
> due diligence, and my own time management that has caused this delay,
> not necessarily in that order.  It is not due to a lack of interest or
> desire.
>
> -Chris
>

Received on Tuesday, 20 March 2007 19:29:21 UTC