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