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
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