Re: Chairship / responsibility

2016-05-09 Thread Henk-Jan van Tuyl
On Sat, 30 Apr 2016 10:03:55 +0200, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote: Hello *, : | In consultation with the current members of the Haskell Prime | committee (and Simon PJ), I have volunteered as chair to "reboot" the | process and get things rolling again. : I think it's

RE: Chairship / responsibility

2016-05-03 Thread Simon Peyton Jones
ct: 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

Re: Chairship / responsibility

2016-04-30 Thread Nicolas Wu
Having Herbert as chair was also my understanding, and I'm very happy for him to chair these discussions. Nick On 30 April 2016 at 09:38, Andres Löh wrote: > It was my understanding that Herbert would be the chair when I asked > to be on the committee, and the fact

Re: Chairship / responsibility

2016-04-30 Thread Richard Eisenberg
Excellent. I'm very happy with how this thread has gone. :) (I didn't mean to imply, by the way, that we were slow to answer the `pseq` question. It's just that as I was about to move the email out of my inbox, I realized that we might all do so, and that would be bad. Yes, a few days' time is

Re: Chairship / responsibility

2016-04-30 Thread Austin Seipp
Yes, I'm essentially on-board thanks to Herbert, who I know tends to get shit done, and do it well. Sorry Herbert - I think you're going to be unanimously voted in this time, whatever exact details we sort out (like rotating committee chairs). Perhaps we should let you think about those details

Re: Chairship / responsibility

2016-04-30 Thread José Manuel Calderón Trilla
On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 4:03 PM, John Wiegley wrote: >> Henrik Nilsson writes: > >>> 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

Re: Chairship / responsibility

2016-04-30 Thread John Wiegley
> Henrik Nilsson writes: >> 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. > I agree completely with this. I

Re: Chairship / responsibility

2016-04-30 Thread Carter Schonwald
On Saturday, April 30, 2016, Henrik Nilsson wrote: > Hi all, > > > 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.

Re: Chairship / responsibility

2016-04-30 Thread Henrik Nilsson
Hi all, > 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. I agree completely with this. And thanks to Herbert for now having completed the first step

Re: Chairship / responsibility

2016-04-30 Thread Andres Löh
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

Re: Chairship / responsibility

2016-04-30 Thread Herbert Valerio Riedel
Hello *, On 2016-04-29 at 15:17:43 +0200, Richard Eisenberg wrote: > Is there a chair of this committee? Herbert has been acting as such > (thank you!) but doesn't list himself as the chair in the initial > announcement. > > I am **in no way** trying to change any status quo and > am **not**

Re: Chairship / responsibility

2016-04-29 Thread wren romano
> Hi Prime, > > Is there a chair of this committee? Herbert has been acting as such (thank > you!) but doesn't list himself as the chair in the initial announcement. I am > **in no way** trying to change any status quo and am **not** interested in > being chair at the moment, but I just wanted