Re: disinterested chairing [was Re: summary="" in HTML5]

Hi Sam,

On Feb 26, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Sam Ruby wrote:

> Robert J Burns wrote:
> [snip]
>
> I request that no replies to either Robert's email or mine copy the  
> public-html mailing list.
>
> If there are concerns about my suitability as chair, please forward  
> them to Philippe Le Hégaret.  If you wish such interactions to be a  
> matter of the public record, feel free to copy www-archive[2].

Again, I think you're attributing words and sentiments to me that I  
did not express. I said nothing in my email that suggested you were  
unsuitable to be chair. On the contrary, on other fora I have  
expressed my joy at hearing of your appointment. What I said in a  
nutshell was that it is better for a chair – including you as a  
suitable chair – to be even-handed in stopping unproductive and  
inappropriate activity. Clearly we all have biases, but as a chair,  
one needs to be able to control those biases and be even-handed.  
Moreover, by taking and characterizing my remarks as a personal attack  
– which I had no intention to make it one – it raises the level of  
contention rather than lowering it. And the HTML WG, more than others  
I've seen, certainly needs the level of contention diminished.

Take care,
Rob