Thanks Ben for all your hard work. Good Luck for your next endeavour
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Steve Freegard <[email protected]>wrote: > On 04/12/13 10:17, Dave Horton wrote: > > Sad is the word. I'm feeling strangely gutted by this, and as someone > > on the outskirts of node I don't even know Ben. But I have always been > > struck by his willingness to be helpful to one and all on mailing lists > > and the IRC who were trying to learn, use, and develop libuv. Those > > exchanges that I had with him and witnessed with others greatly > > impressed me of his generosity, intelligence, and openness to ideas > > and/or challenges - those are critical qualities in a community like > > ours. And as someone with personal past experience with > > startup/founder/exit drama, I hate to see someone put down what must > > have been a labor of love in this way. I would hope there is a way > > back, if all that is needed is a breather and some time away. Failing > > that, I would be interested to find a way to show my gratitude to Ben in > > some sort of more meaningful way if others have any ideas... > > > > It's probably a good day for us all to reflect internally on the meaning > > of "community", and what we personally can do (not tell others to do) to > > make this community -- our community -- continue to grow, and to attract > > and retain good people -- whether they be standard-bearers like Ben, or > > minor players like me. > > > > Thank you Ben. And best wishes on your next challenge! > > > > Well written Dave - I feel exactly the same way as you. > > Thanks Ben - all of us you've helped in the past will miss you but I'm > sure you'll do well in whatever you decide to do next. > > Kind regards, > Steve. > > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Arunoda Susiripala @arunoda <http://twitter.com/arunoda> <http://gplus.to/arunoda>https://github.com/arunoda http://www.linkedin.com/in/arunoda -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
