Oh, I forgot to say that I'm back to studying ... if you Steve or anyone needs anything, please email me and will check that on my break :)
@Steve: If you feel you need a chat with me, I'm more than happy to do so. Voice or chatting, whatever you like, I'm at your service! On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Ali/amjjawad <amjja...@gnome.org> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Steve Ovens <steve_ov...@linux.com> > wrote: > >> Hello all, >> > > Hi Steve and everyone, > > I was about to start studying for my course then start working on my > CV/Resume (*I lost counting*) and applying for jobs but I saw this email > and wanted to reply before going offline. > > >> >> I have been evaluating my own situation lately and I feel it is time to >> resign from Ubuntu Gnome. >> > > If truth to be told, I did see that coming. I admit that I couldn't do > much due to other commitments and as always busy life. I have chatted with > you before more than once and tried to give you the brighter side of the > picture but it seems I failed to do so. Should have tried harder! > > >> I haven't really found a way to be useful. I don't seem to be overly >> useful in the packaging team and I feel like I am a bigger drain on >> resources than I am a help. >> > > I DISAGREE! > Because there are many areas you could contribute to and packaging is > 'just' one of these :) > > You haven't failed. You found few ways that didn't work. You should never > give up and try one more time. If you fall 9 times, stand up for the 10 > times and carry on. This is what I usually do. > > > >> Therefore I am submitting my resignation today. I have mixed feelings >> about this because I know this is a small, dedicated team and every >> resource lost is felt. But at the same time I haven't been pulling my own >> weight. >> > > You know what is the worst moment that I do hate to see when I deal with > people whether in real-life or GNU/Linux world? it is this moment when I > see someone is leaving. I does truly break my heart. > > Building could take years. > Anti-building could take seconds. > > I hate to see anyone leaves. If it is up to me, I'd disapprove this > application of yours and I'd appeal to you to withdraw it. > But I don't think I can do that. That's part of the 'freedom' we all > enjoy while working with such projects. However, I'm asking you to please > re-consider than and try to find 'other' ways to help! we need people and > you've been around for more than a year and know how things work here. > > >> >> On to some lighter news. I am still contributing in my own way. I am on >> the philanthropy committee at work. Part of what I do is take computers >> which have been life cycled out, wipe them, and put linux on them. I have >> been deploying Ubuntu Gnome on a bunch of these computers so the user base >> is going up (particularly since this will be a lot of people's introduction >> to linux) >> > > That's great news, thank you for sharing! > > >> >> Anyways thanks for the chance to contribute. I wish the team luck! >> > > Thank YOU for everything and please, don't ever feel that way and look at > it from the other sides ... the other side is much better and more > beautiful :) > > Do you think I'm a successful contributor? do you think I'm helpful? I > don't really see that sometimes in myself. Why I didn't leave? because I > can't. It breaks my heart and leaving Ubuntu GNOME is a failure. I am here > unless someone will kick me out :P > > Yes, I stepped down from many projects at once (have written about that on > amjjawad.net) but two projects I can NOT leave: Ubuntu GNOME and ToriOS. > Both are deep in my heart :) > > Take a break. Keep a low profile. Contribute only when you feel so > whenever possible. But leaving is really the extreme way that anyone might > think about. > > Now, it is your call ... > > >> >> Cheers >> >> -- >> Red Hat 6 Certified Engineer >> Ubuntu Certified Professional >> Novell Certified Linux Administrator >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list >> Ubuntu-GNOME@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome >> >> > Thank you! > > -- > Best Regards, > Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> > *Remember: *"All of us are smarter than any one of us." > > Ubuntu GNOME OneStopPage <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/OneStopPage> > http://torios.org - http://amjjawad.net > > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME> > -- Best Regards, Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> *Remember: *"All of us are smarter than any one of us." Ubuntu GNOME OneStopPage <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/OneStopPage> http://torios.org - http://amjjawad.net <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME>
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