My resignation letter as R7RS-large chair

[John Cowan]

This is my resignation letter as chair of the R7RS-large project.  I have come to the conclusion that I can no longer serve as Chair.  I am exhausted by the effort, and I do not think that there is any further hope that I can get sufficient agreement among the different players to have any hope of coming to a conclusion.  On the contrary, agreement is further away than ever, and people's views are more and more entrenched.

I was planning to wait until the 21st to announce this, but I don't think there's any further point in waiting.  It will be up to the Steering Committee to find someone to replace me or to officially abandon the project.  I have no recommendations at this time.

Consequently, I will not be presenting anything at ICFP this year.

[Taylan Kammer]

Dear John,

Thank you for all your service over the years!

Regardless of any disagreements, it was always a pleasure to communicate with you.
I believe you've always done a stellar job being friendly and patient with everyone,
trying to reconcile disagreements. When ever that didn't work, it was certainly not
your fault; I hope everyone can at least agree on that. :-)

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Taylan

[Steven Ganz]

I absolutely expect everybody can agree on that. Very sorry to hear that you’re resigning as Chair. I greatly appreciate your effort, which has been necessary to get the project to where it is. I suspect that many of us would have liked to contribute more time than we have had available.

Steve


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> On Aug 15, 2023, at 12:45 PM, Taylan Kammer <taylan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear John,

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[Alex Shinn]

Thank you John, for all your hard work over the years, both in WG1 and WG2.  It was a pleasure to serve with you, and Scheme is a better and richer language because of your efforts.

I sympathize with your frustrations, and only wish I had had the time myself to contribute more.  I wish you happiness on whatever endeavor you find next.

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Alex

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