> On 28 Jan 2016, at 17:45, Chaals McCathie Nevile <cha...@yandex-team.ru> > wrote: > > Hi folks, > > as you may have noticed, Art has resigned as a co-chair of the Web Platform > group. He began chairing the Web Application Formats group about a decade > ago, became the leading co-chair when it merged with Web APIs to become the > Web Apps working group, and was instrumental in making the transition from > Web Apps to the Web Platform Group. (He also chaired various other W3C groups > in that time). > > I've been very privileged to work with Art on the webapps group for so many > years - as many of you know, without him it would have been a much poorer > group, and run much less smoothly. He did a great deal of work for the group > throughout his time as co-chair, efficiently, reliably, and quietly. > > Now we are three co-chairs, we will work between us to fill Art's shoes. It > won't be easy. > > Thanks Art for everything you've done for the group for so long. > > Good luck, and I hope to see you around.
Art - thanks for all the contributions to the web standards community over the years. It has been my good fortune to work with you for a number of years. First as a colleague, learning the ropes from the best, and after moving on to new places, stay connected. I started to reflect the past after reading Chaals' mail, and it struck me it was indeed ~10 years ago WAF WG [1] and Web API WG [2] were the new hotness. That was the time when Ajax/XHR was becoming a thing. Heck, even the Web API WG's logo had that shiny Ajax-age reflection on it, and a beta badge -- good times! Cheers, -Anssi [1] https://www.w3.org/2006/appformats/ [2] https://www.w3.org/2006/webapi/
