Just adding my voice to Ian's nice words, agree on Andrea's plan and I wish we find a person with such a special mix of talents, as Andrea greatly Proved to be!
Il mercoledì 31 dicembre 2014, jan i <j...@apache.org> ha scritto: > Let me be the first to say you have done an outstanding job of bringing us > into apache. > > Changing chairs is not mandatory in apache, but I respect your vision and > outlook, and agree time is right for a change of chair. > > Like you I see this as a natural process due to changes in priorities, and > if I may add your personal life, reminding that we are all volunteers. You > have done alot for AOO and I personally hope for a great cooperation in > 2015. > > rgds > jan i > > On Wednesday, December 31, 2014, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org > <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > I've been the OpenOffice Project Chair for two years, since late 2012. > > While the term is not strictly set, big Apache projects usually rotate > > their Chair every 1-2 years, and OpenOffice should do the same. > > > > So we should look at finding a new project Chair in January, and at > > transitioning from me to the new Chair at the first Board meeting. This > is > > a normal transition and I'd like that we make it as smooth as possible: > > I'll stay as a Chair until a new one has been chosen. Stay tuned for more > > information: I'll share a schedule tomorrow. > > > > Of course, I plan to maintain my current level of activity in the > project, > > and to continue as an OpenOffice committer and PMC member. It is simply > > correct to rotate this (mostly administrative) role within the group. > > > > Regards, > > Andrea. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > > > > > -- > Sent from My iPad, sorry for any misspellings. >