Dear Marketing Project, I started participating in the OpenOffice.org Community in 2002 with an Email to then MArketing Lead Sam Hiser suggesting that he consider bittorrent as a p2p distrobution model. Since then, I have been involved in different aspects of OOo including Marketing coordination, attending and representing OOo at tradeshows, helping produce marketing collateral, assisting in release planning, co-founding the bizdev project and other such activities, both as a SUN employee and before and after as a volunteer.
it greatly pains and disappoints me to say that it is time for me to leave this community. I have always tried to do well by the project, but it seems that my efforts are no longer appreciated. I think that if this project is to survive as more than a facade in front of the largely corporately controlled engineering processes, it will need to learn how to better recognize and reward volunteer contributers. I am unsubscribing myself from OOo lists tonight, so if anyone wishes to reach me, please address an email towards me. I will miss many of you. If anyone in this project ever needs anything I can offer, please do not hesitate to ask. You can reach me at +1-650-743-2785. I am sorry our time together is ending so ubruptly. I will continue my work elsewhere. Goodnight and God Bless. -- _________________ Ryan Singer
