Sounds like a great appointment. Congratulations Ralph!
On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Paul Benedict <[email protected]> wrote: > Congrats Ralph!!! > > > Cheers, > Paul > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Welcome, Ralph! >> >> On 20 November 2015 at 09:33, Christian Grobmeier <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I was the chair of the Apache Logging Services project for 3 1/2 years. >>> Thank you, it was a great time. But it is time to move on. I think it is >>> critical for ASF projects to let the Chair role rotate. >>> >>> At Logging Services, we agreed to discuss the role each year at the time >>> of the ASF members meeting. We did that. We will continue to do that (at >>> least that's my hope! :)). >>> >>> The PMC discussed who could fill the role of the Logging Chair, and >>> while we have many great people among us, we unanimously voted for Ralph >>> Goers. >>> >>> Ralph wrote the first versions of what became Log4j 2.0. He wrote large >>> parts of it until a fantastic community grew around the project. Without >>> him and his hard work, we would still be stuck on Log4j 1.x times when >>> things didn't look so bright. >>> Ralph is not only an experienced developer but also a great teammate and >>> knows the Apache way in and out. >>> >>> Now I am very happy to say he accepted our vote, and the ASF Board >>> confirmed him in his role, effective immediately. >>> >>> Welcome, Ralph! All the best for your new role, and may the force be >>> with you! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Christian >>> >>> PS: if you are confused by the terms PMC, Chair or whatever, I'd like to >>> invite you to read the blog I posted when I became chair: >>> http://www.grobmeier.de/hey-i-became-a-vice-president-07072012.html >>> >>> Or the official docs: >>> http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Matt Sicker <[email protected]> >> > > -- [image: MagineTV] *Mikael Ståldal* Senior software developer *Magine TV* [email protected] Grev Turegatan 3 | 114 46 Stockholm, Sweden | www.magine.com Privileged and/or Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such a person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email.
