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

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ditto.

Bob Mahoney <bobmah@xxxxxxx>
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11/11/2003 09:28

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cc	Mark Smith <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ned Freed <ned.freed@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Ted Hardie <hardie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bruce_Kahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject	Re: Thick skinned chairs (Was Re: different calendar scales)

Part of the problem, for me at least, is that my work responsibilities
have moved me solidly away from calendaring.  My day job, network
security in a 50k-host network without a firewall, has moved to remove
anything like "free time" from my life over the last two years.
  (Microsoft owes me "one peaceful summer", at bare minimum)

I was ready to step away at just the time that Pat lost her travel funding...
 Since MIT would continue to send me to physical meetings, I've tried
to be available for the in-person chair needs, and have hoped that WG members
and Pat's free cycles would be enough to carry the work forward.  

The situation has been difficult, and to the extent possible, Pat and I
have certainly tried to at least keep the WG alive, so that what work and
solutions that are possible will have a chance to move forward.  As
the needs of the WG for hands-on intervention have grown, our fragile availability
has been a problem.

It would appear that we are at a real turning point at present, between
WG debate, problem complexity, general intellectual fatigue, and chair
availability.  We would certainly all like for productive work to
move forward, but I think we need some increased understanding across the
board, and a renewed energy and focus on the work, if this effort is to
survive.  To some extent, this may require some compromise and a more
mindful exercise of politeness among list members.   We all want useful
calendaring standards deployed and used, and we need to remember that long
debate and angry words are a strong threat to that hope...

-Bob