Hi Michael, I am glad to hear that things are still developing. We have had a Fedora users group going for a while now but it hasn't met for a while. I am planning to host a meeting downtown but I don't know how quickly I can pull that together. Keep in touch.
Thorny Sent from my iPad On Oct 21, 2010, at 7:02 PM, "Levy, Michael" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thorny, > > Congratulations on your new position! I'm really committed to getting Fedora > here, as it is the only game in town. I feel that I've pretty much won the > hearts and minds of those who count here, but I also imagine that the > Smithsonian adoption of Fedora will even further cement the wisdom. > > I hope this move of yours might give us more opportunities to interact, > although I"m sure you will be extraordinarily busy. > > Michael Levy > > > > ________________________________________ > From: Thornton Staples [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 4:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Valorie Hollister > Subject: [fcrepo-user] Changes > > In case you haven't seen the news at the DuraSpace blog > (<http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/duraspace/2010/10/20/duraspace-community-outreach-update/>http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/duraspace/2010/10/20/duraspace-community-outreach-update/) > I wanted to let you all know that I will be leaving DuraSpace on November > 5th. I have accepted a position in the CIO's office at the Smithsonian > Institution as the Director of Research and Scientific Data Management. > > I really don't see this as leaving the Fedora community, more as moving to > another seat at the table. We will be using Fedora at the Smithsonian to > begin to get a grip on all of the born digital information that is gushing > out of their research activities. For those of you who think of the > Smithsonian as a bunch of museums (19 and counting), you should know that > there are many other research institutes, libraries, archives and a zoo that > are all included, all of which are hemorrhaging digital information at an > alarming rate. I am very interested in using the fruits of all of our labor > to try to do something about that. > > I am proud to say that I am leaving the Fedora project and the DuraSpace > organization at a point where they are both very strong, with tight, > well-developed communities behind them. It has been a very interesting 10 > years, that is for sure! The opportunity that the opening at the Smithsonian > offered represents a chance to start over one more time before I retire. I am > really interested in getting back to where I think that I am most useful, > translating between researchers and techies. > > You certainly haven't seen the last of me. I intend to show up at many of the > usual places, including Open Repositories in Austin, > Texas<x-apple-data-detectors://2> next spring. > > Thorny > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Fedora-commons-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fedora-commons-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Fedora-commons-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fedora-commons-users
