If you don't have better offers I wouldn't mind managing the email marketing/newsletter.
On Apr 8, 2013, at 12:57 PM, Chuck Hill <ch...@global-village.net> wrote: > > On 2013-04-01, at 12:06 PM, Pascal Robert wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I got a couple of you who asked me what will happen with the community and >> the membership if I'm going away from the community. >> >> First, just to be clear, I'm moving away because I'm back to being an >> employee starting tomorrow (and back to being a Linux and OS X sys admin), >> so I just can't give an average of 10 hours/week to the community (yes, by >> including my WOWODC 2012 presentations, I really gave an average of 10 >> hours/week to the community in the last 12 months). > > Wow. That is, uh, a lot! Your family will be happy to see you again. > > >> But the whole thing behind the Association registration and membership is >> that it can survive the departure of people. In the past, we lost resources >> like WOCode who went away because it was not owned by a group of different >> people or an separate organization. I didn't want this to happen anymore, >> that's why we registered the Association and that the server is paid (in >> fact, it's rented) by the Association. >> >> So, in short, do not panic! Everything will be fine. > > As long as some of the rest of us step forward and take over Pascal's tasks. > If we all wait for someone else to do it for us... then it might not be so > fine. > > >> And I'm still one of the directors of the Association, along with Chuck Hill >> and Stephen Smith, so even if I die next week, the Association will still >> exist (unless North Korea send atomic bombs on Toronto, Vancouver and >> Montreal, likely won't happen). > > Well, we missed that one. > > >> As for WOWODC 2013, again no worry. We have an event manager that works on >> it, and I will be at the conference too. And you asked that we have an event >> manager so that the event go more smoothly, we have it. You also asked that >> we find a hotel with a better WiFi network, we found one (the WiFi network >> at the Hilton can support 500 devices easily, and we have a minimum of 10 >> Mbps guarantee just for the event). Yes, it cost more, but it was the cost >> to pay to have a better conference. >> >> So if you hesitate to buy your WOWODC tickets or to get membership because I >> said I was going out, do not hesitate, and I'm sure other leaders will take >> over some of the tasks I was doing. > > So, who is up for an hour or two a week? > > > Chuck > > -- > Chuck Hill > Executive Managing Partner, VP Development and Technical Services > > Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall > knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems. > http://www.global-village.net/gvc/practical_webobjects > > Global Village Consulting ranks 13th in 2012 in BIV's Top 100 Fastest Growing > Companies in B.C! > Global Village Consulting ranks 76th in 24th annual PROFIT 200 ranking of > Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies by PROFIT Magazine! > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/jlmiller%40kahalawai.com > > This email sent to jlmil...@kahalawai.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
