Re: [Haskell-cafe] Committee M.O. Change Proposals

2015-10-21 Thread Edward Kmett
The committee was formed from a pool of suggestions supplied to SPJ that represented a fairly wide cross-section of the community. Simon initially offered both myself and Johan Tibell the role of co-chairs. Johan ultimately declined. In the end, putting perhaps too simple a spin on it, the

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Committee M.O. Change Proposals

2015-10-21 Thread Geoffrey Mainland
Thanks for the background, Edward. I don't mean to question the composition of the committee, only to start a discussion about how the community might handle the selection process going forward. I apologize if I was not clear about that. As I said below, if a direct vote resulted in the same

Re: Committee M.O. Change Proposals

2015-10-21 Thread Geoffrey Mainland
Apologies for the previous mailer-mangled "draft"... On 10/21/2015 07:55 AM, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote: > Hello, > > On 2015-10-21 at 02:39:57 +0200, Geoffrey Mainland wrote: > > [...] > >> In effect, only those who actively follow the libraries list have had a >> voice in these decisions.

Re: Committee M.O. Change Proposals

2015-10-21 Thread Geoffrey Mainland
On 10/21/2015 07:55 AM, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote: > Hello, > > On 2015-10-21 at 02:39:57 +0200, Geoffrey Mainland wrote: > > [...] > >> In effect, only those who actively follow the libraries list have had a >> voice in these decisions. Maybe that is what the community wants. I hope >> not.

Committee M.O. Change Proposals (was: [Haskell-cafe] Monad of no `return` Proposal (MRP): Moving `return` out of `Monad`)

2015-10-21 Thread Herbert Valerio Riedel
Hello, On 2015-10-21 at 02:39:57 +0200, Geoffrey Mainland wrote: [...] > In effect, only those who actively follow the libraries list have had a > voice in these decisions. Maybe that is what the community wants. I hope > not. How then can people like me (and Henrik and Graham) have a say >