My apologies for including HTML WG in that last message. I mean to only include this recipient list. On Feb 26, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Robert J Burns wrote: > 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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