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Re: Thick skinned chairs (Was Re: different calendar scales)



Bruce_Kahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


Mark said on 11/04/2003 07:45:19 PM MST:
> > Or, better yet, get another, tougher skinned, working group
> > chair.
>
> I would vote for that, I can not find ONE constructive comment
> or item you have posted in the last year. I can not find that
> you called conciseness on anything in the last year even when
> no one objected to a proposal.

I for one do not belive that being think skinned is a requirement of any IETF WG chair. While WG discussions can sometimes become heated there should never be a need for barbs to be constantly shot at chairs. Just as referees in boxing are not big muscle bound people in order to survive being in the ring and calling the match, chairs should not be expected to take any abuse just because their actions or opinions are not popuplar with one side or another.


I do strongly wish that Pat were more proactive on this list.

And I do agree with Bruce that she has been a great aid to this list.


Im sure the ADs would agree with this assessment too. While its helpful for chairs to be more engaged at times, there should never be a need for them to be thick skinned to in order to handle abuse from unruly or quarrelsome WG participants.

I feel you also fall into that category. You have posted several items that had already
been fixed in CAP then tended to imply that no one was listening or responding to you.
And your mode seems to be an expectation that I respond to you each and every time you
ask a question even when it is a loaded or an out of date question. I nor this WG report
to Bruce as we are all volunteers on this list with our own jobs.

Although I do not like the way Mark formulates his comments, they tend
to be accurate. You do tend to post about already fixed items or change the
contents to make your post true AND unrelated to the topic.

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