[CCWG-ACCT] recent communication on the list

[Roelof Meijer]

Dear Thomas,

An excellent „appropriate response”. I do hope that from now on, we will
all try to equal the very high quality of our co-chairs

Cheers,

Roelof




On 25-01-15 11:10, "Thomas Rickert" <rickert at anwaelte.de> wrote:

>All,
>when thinking about an appropriate response to the communication on the
>list over the last 48 hours, I was thinking of counting the e-mails that
>were focused on tasks our group is chartered with versus those dealing
>with interpersonal issues. I have abandoned this idea as I was afraid the
>result might be too disappointing.
>
>We should take pride in the strength of this group, which has had very
>good and fruitful discussions and has made great progress so far. These
>results could only be achieved because our group is diverse and truly
>multi-stakeholder. We have different geographic, cultural, linguistic and
>professional backgrounds and different approaches and personalities. This
>makes the model we all support so unique and powerful. At the same time,
>we have different characters, different goals, different use of language
>and different working methods, which can be demanding and requires us all
>to be patient and sympathetic at times.
>
>Let us all try to be constructive in our discussions. We do not have to
>agree on everything, but we should treat each other respectfully and
>focus on the substance, rather than trying to campaign against each other.
>
>We will discuss these matters and the various cases amongst the co-chairs
>during our next call tomorrow, but please do not expect public responses.
>
>In the meantime I would like to remind everyone that I sent a note to the
>list on the 16th, which is still valid and from which I quote:
>
>***
>We do not think that a public mailing list is the right forum issue nor
>to respond to the complaints. Complaints, if any, should be addressed to
>us offlist to allow us to deal with them appropriately.
>
>"At the same time, we would like to encourage the whole group to focus on
>the plethora of questions we have to work on and thank Roelof for
>reminding us of the wise encouragement to be conservative in what we send
>and liberal in what we receive."
>***
>
>Let us not allow that our and the wider community’s attention is
>distracted from the good work we are doing.
>
>Thank you,
>Thomas Rickert