I won't repeat my steering committee nominee statement. You can read it here: http://www.r6rs.org/steering-committee/election/nominees.html#mfeeley .
The steering committee will take on the responsibility of moving Scheme forward. Quite literally what Scheme is will be in their hands for the foreseeable future, even if others will surely be involved at various levels. This election is of critical importance to all those deeply interested in Scheme's continuation. For this reason I want members of the steering committee to be strong believers in the ideals of Scheme, so that Scheme's soul and identity can be preserved. I also want steering committee members to have good knowledge of the language design issues and of the Scheme sub communities. Charisma, impartiality and open-mindedness are essential for any hope of bringing community support behind the new standard. And that's very dear to me. With those qualities in mind my votes will most likely go to - Olin Shivers - Chris Hanson - Jonathan Rees - Kent Dybvig I'm confident they will do a great job to come up with a process which will advance the standardization of Scheme while staying true to its ideals. They have expert knowledge of the issues, they have shown exceptional language design taste in the past, they are well respected, they are committed to the task and I think they will work together harmoniously. Let me finish by stressing the importance of a committee whose members work well together (which does not imply they have the same thoughts, rather that they are open-minded and respectful of others). When I was serving on the R6RS editors committee as editor-in-chief I witnessed several conflicts which contributed in derailing the design process. In total four editors resigned including myself. I cannot speak for the others, but I resigned due to a conflict which could not be resolved to my satisfaction and which caused too much grief for me to tolerate at that point in my life. I hope this is not viewed as a lack of commitment to the advancement of Scheme. In any case I am very motivated to participate once again in the process. Marc _______________________________________________ r6rs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss
