[Mmwg] And then they were ten

[ian.peter at ianpeter.com]

Hi everyone,

I support the idea of Avri caretaking - and I suggest until late January. With
hoiday seasons for many of us normal participation is going to be hard for a
lot of us so - I don't expect to be able to make any reasonable 
contribution or
keep up with things over the next month.

All the best to everyone taking holidays and time off!

Ian Peter
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Quoting Avri Doria <avri at psg.com>:

>
> On 14 dec 2005, at 11.30, Carlos Afonso wrote:
>
>> Leadership -- how about thinking of "moderatorship/ 
>> facilitatorship"? It is actually more work if we think of it, but  
>> more democratic. I think we should have at least two, so when one  
>> cannot be present we count on the other...
>
> i think two is best as well.  i like the idea of moderator/ 
> facilitators but i also hope we consider giving the designated duo a  
> certain amount of ability to function with the outside without  
> needing to get approval of every word they say or action they take.
>
> i guess in the scale of weak - strong role, i favor a moderately  
> strong one, and hence included the ability to vote them out in the  
> original charter.  i also think that they should be expected to have  
> their own opinions etc, but will need to be careful to distinguish  
> between their opinions and the opinions of the WG when acting publicly
>
>>
>> Why not you in the meantime as our leader/moderator/facilitator, at  
>> least to get us to cruise speed?
>
> ok, but only until sometime early in January.  i really do want to  
> step away from this role as soon as reasonable, though i am willing  
> to remain list caretaker and plan to stay invovled.
>
> a.
>
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