I'm about to tell you. The role of the chair is to preside over the meeting, not to pounce in and offer opinions at any given time, for any given reason. If you wish to offer opinions, it's fair. But just put yourself on the list like the rest of us, because we all have to wait our turn, and we would hope that you would as well. Being chair does not absent you from that.
On November 9th, 2006. See this statement in context.