I want to thank him as well, your dedication is and will always be appreciated.
2012/5/23 Behdad Esfahbod <beh...@behdad.org> > On 05/22/2012 09:53 PM, Luis Villa wrote: > > Brian- > > Thanks for your selfless service the past few years. Your dedication, > > including to some of the board's most thankless tasks, has been > > admirable and will be very difficult for the board to replace. > > I want to second that. Having been on the board for a few terms with > Brian, I > too fully appreciate all the leadership he has shown over the years lifting > where no one else wanted to. > > behdad > > > Luis > > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Brian Cameron <brian.came...@oracle.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Friends in the GNOME community: > >> > >> After serving 4 terms on The GNOME Foundation board of directors, I will > >> be stepping down at the end of this term. > >> > >> I would like to thank everyone in the community who has supported me > >> and allowed me to represent them on this board. It has been a > >> profoundly rewarding and truly inspirational experience to help The > >> GNOME Foundation and GNOME community to grow. > >> > >> The years that I have served on the board have been exciting and > >> productive times. I am proud to have served as president and secretary; > >> to have been involved with the development, release and celebration > >> surrounding the GNOME 3 release; and to have helped with the > >> development of successful GNOME programs like the Outreach Program for > >> Women. In my time on the board, I have witnessed so much growth within > >> the community. Since then, the GNOME Foundation has hired two executive > >> directors, started having successful annual summits in Asia, and has > >> more than doubled the number of hackfests held each year. Just to > >> mention a few highlights. > >> > >> My stepping down should not be viewed as me becoming less involved > >> with GNOME. I plan to continue working on GNOME for Oracle and expect > >> that I will continue helping the GNOME Foundation and community in > >> many ways. I mostly feel that it is just time for me to step down to > >> reclaim some of my life back. 4.5 years (including one 18-month term > >> in 2008-2009) is a long time to serve on The GNOME Foundation board of > >> directors. I believe that only Jonathan Blandford served as a board > >> member for a longer period of time (5 years). > >> > >> With the two most senior board members (Germán and myself) both > >> stepping down at the end of this term, it is especially important for > >> passionate people to serve the community. So I again encourage people > >> who are considering to run for the board to step forward. It is a great > >> way to increase one's involvement with GNOME and free software and to > >> help make sure that GNOME continues to rock. > >> > >> Brian > >> _______________________________________________ > >> foundation-list mailing list > >> foundation-list@gnome.org > >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-list mailing list > > foundation-list@gnome.org > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > -- Cheers, Alberto Ruiz
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