Who's JIm? I'd like to meet him :-P

JC

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Sean Dague <[email protected]> wrote:

> I said this at the meeting, but I wanted to say it publicly here as well.
>
> About a year and a half ago I was feeling really burnt out with running
> MHVLUG. My overall tenor on this list attested to that fact. MHVLUG had
> become too much work for 1 person, and I was running out of ideas.
>
> In 2011, I was no longer solely responsible. Ben, Paul, Tim, and Joe all
> stepped up this year to make things happen. The results have been one of
> the best years we've ever had. July, which historically was a dead meeting,
> with maybe 18 people there, was strong and vibrant with 40. We were
> regularly passing 30 folks at meetings, and twice (with Arduino in July and
> Ed's incredible Thing-o-matic talk) we crossed 40.
>
> MHVLUG is something I am really energized about now. So I want to extend a
> warm thanks to Ben, Paul, Tim, and Joe for 2011. This year could not have
> been done without them.
>
> Myself, Ben, and Paul are going to stay on in their roles for 2012, and
> Jim Chastain is stepping up to take on the Historian role in 2012. Based on
> the energy in the group, I can't wait to see what 2012 brings.
>
> Enjoy your holidays, and we'll see you at Vassar in January -
> http://mhvlug.org/meetings/**2012/recovering-the-**
> brownfield-revitalizing-open-**source-projects<http://mhvlug.org/meetings/2012/recovering-the-brownfield-revitalizing-open-source-projects>
>
>        -Sean
>
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