| It was my understanding that Herbert would be the chair when I asked to | be on the committee, and the fact that this question was already answer | was a factor in my decision to try to help. Being the committee chair | is less a position of power, and more a position of responsibility. I | think we can be very happy to have someone who is willing to do the | job, and I absolutely trust hvr to be up to the task.
Andres says this well. Being chair is a facilitating role, helping discussions make progress, and gently pressing them forward to a conclusion. I'm very grateful to Herbert for taking it on -- thank you! Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: Haskell-prime [mailto:haskell-prime-boun...@haskell.org] On | Behalf Of Andres Löh | Sent: 30 April 2016 09:39 | To: Herbert Valerio Riedel <hvrie...@gmail.com> | Cc: haskell-prime@haskell.org | Subject: Re: Chairship / responsibility | | Hi. | | It was my understanding that Herbert would be the chair when I asked to | be on the committee, and the fact that this question was already answer | was a factor in my decision to try to help. Being the committee chair | is less a position of power, and more a position of responsibility. I | think we can be very happy to have someone who is willing to do the | job, and I absolutely trust hvr to be up to the task. | | If needed, we can revisit the question over time when we have a better | idea how our usual workflow and processes look like, but I don't think | we need to or should have this discussion now. | | Cheers, | Andres | _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime
