Moving On

[Nathaniel S Borenstein <nborenst@us.ibm.com>]

As most of you have surmised by now,
especially after my mental lapse over last week's meeting, I am simply
too overloaded at this point to continue as chair of this subcommittee.
 It has been a pleasure getting to know you and to work with you in
getting this effort up and running.  Our success so far gives me tremendous
confidence in the future potential of this group to drive advancement of
the state of the art in accessible office software.

I will still be available to chair this
week's meeting, where I suggest that topic #1 should be replacing me as
chair.  Peter Korn and Rich Schwerdfeder have volunteered to serve
as co-chairs, and I know they would do a fine job. If anyone else wants
to volunteer and turn this into an actual election, please do so as soon
as possible.  

I continue to believe strongly that
the ODF initiative represents an opportunity, not a threat, for software
accessibility, and I know that this group will make the most of the opportunity.
 -- Nathaniel