Re: Stepping down as chair

What he said......:-)

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On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:48 PM David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

> Hi Andrew
>
> You've been a great chair... fair, consensus building, hardworking,
> balanced, with a terrific sense of humour.
> Thanks for your hard work and great service..
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> Cheers,
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> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:30 PM Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>
> wrote:
>
>> AGWG’ers,
>>
>>
>>
>> Back on March 7, 2013 Joshue O Connor and I were announced as co-chairs
>> for WCAG (now AGWG)[1], and it is hard to believe that seven years have
>> passed so quickly.
>>
>>
>>
>> We’ve done a ton of work in that time, and I benefitted greatly from
>> observing Gregg and Loretta as chairs prior to taking the role on, leaning
>> heavily on Michael and his understanding of the intricacies of W3C
>> processes and tools, Joshue for hacking through the nuances of GitHub and
>> learning together about what does and doesn’t work in running meetings,
>> Alastair for joining as a co-chair and absorbing information and
>> responsibilities that brought huge relief, Task Force Co-chairs for driving
>> research and proposals that moved WCAG 2.1 forward, everyone else who
>> stepped up and contributed work/advice that helped me function as a chair.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m not leaving the group, just stepping down as co-chair, so you can
>> count on my ongoing participation. Thanks to the entire Working Group for
>> incredible work and dedication to the goals of the Working Group!
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] https://www.w3.org/2013/03/07-wai-wcag-minutes.html#item01
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> AWK
>>
>>
>>
>> Andrew Kirkpatrick
>>
>> Head of Accessibility
>>
>> Adobe
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>>
>>
>> akirkpat@adobe.com
>>
>> http://twitter.com/awkawk
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>