Re: Canceling Social IG Jan 7th meeting - call for a new chair!

Indeed! Well said, Alberto. Very disappointing to lose you, Mark. (and SAP, too)

 -- Ann

Ann Bassetti
From: bpm.tst@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 7:38 AM
To: Mark Crawford; Bassetti, Ann; Harry Halpin; public-social-interest@w3.org
Subject: Re: Canceling Social IG Jan 7th meeting - call for a new chair!


☹ Companies focus are sometimes hard to swallow.

Alberto

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From: Mark Crawford<mailto:mark.crawford@sap.com>
Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎January‎ ‎7‎, ‎2015 ‎3‎:‎52‎ ‎PM
To: Ann Bassetti<mailto:ann.bassetti@boeing.com>, Harry Halpin<mailto:hhalpin@w3.org>, public-social-interest@w3.org<mailto:public-social-interest@w3.org>

Ann,

SAP has decided to focus our standardization efforts on cloud and internet of things in 2015 and has reallocated our W3C resources elsewhere. I continue to push for additional resources for W3C activities but at the moment our membership has expired.

Best Regards

Mark Crawford
Standards Strategist, P&I ASCOT – Standards Excellence
SAP Labs LLC, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite 600, Washington D.C.
mark.crawford@sap.com
T +1 703 670 0920 M +1 703 485 5232


-----Original Message-----
From: Bassetti, Ann [mailto:ann.bassetti@boeing.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 8:50 PM
To: Harry Halpin; public-social-interest@w3.org
Subject: RE: Canceling Social IG Jan 7th meeting - call for a new chair!

Oh no, that's horrible news!  Darn, what a loss.  Mark -- I hope it's not complications with your shoulder.

I will volunteer,** IF ** one other person will co-chair with me. I just today accepted what will be a high-pressure new role in Boeing, so cannot commit to being chair all by myself.  C'mon, one of you -- we can do it together!

  -- Ann


-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Halpin [mailto:hhalpin@w3.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 5:43 PM
To: public-social-interest@w3.org
Subject: Canceling Social IG Jan 7th meeting - call for a new chair!

Everyone,

Mark Crawford is stepping down as chair, and so we'll need a new chair ideally two co-chairs ASAP.

 I'd like to give us 2 weeks to find a new chair before our next meeting, since the agenda on the wiki seems pretty open, so I'd like to consider canceling the meeting tomorrow (7th) and reconvening after we select a new chair.

The general requirement for chairing is the responsibility to host the meetings regularly, keep up with mailing list traffic, and be an employee of a W3C member.

See more info here:

http://www.w3.org/Guide/chair-roles.html


Any volunteers?

Feel free to mail me offlist and happy to do a teleconference.

  cheers,
       harry