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Re: discussion style and respect

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Thu, 11 June 2015 03:57 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com>
Subject: Re: discussion style and respect
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 23:56:58 -0400
To: Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com>
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On Jun 10, 2015, at 6:45 PM, Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it comes down to a few things: 1) bad chairing, 2)
> we do a bad job socializing new participants, and 3) a
> lot of our participants aren't willing to concede any
> points.  The third issue is, I think, a combination of
> our poor work socialization new participants and a lot
> of newer participants having employment incentives around
> "winning" at standards work.

Yup.  And being a good chair is hard, and not particularly pleasant unless you get off on fostering consensus. Of course, that is rather rewarding,,,

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