Thanks for the kind words, all. I'm missing you already! No fair! :( Here's a picture to remember me by: dramatically lit and showing off the OpenSource.com koozy I scored at ATO:
[image: Inline image 1] ---- Chad Whitacre http://whit537.org/ +1-412-925-4220 (cell) On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Jen Kelchner <[email protected]> wrote: > Chad, > > You will be missed during your time away. It was such a pleasure to get to > know you this week and see your passion for life and community! > > Jen > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 10:09 AM Laura Hilliger <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> CHAD! >> >> You’re enthusiasm is breathtaking, I’m happy to know you. Thanks for all >> your contributions and good luck! >> >> Ok, so stay in touch, but also please send me your resume, it wasn’t >> really attached. >> >> —laura >> >> Laura Hilliger >> laurahilliger.com >> co-founder of weareopen.coop >> @epilepticrabbit <http://twitter.com/epilepticrabbit> >> >> >> >> On Oct 27, 2017, at 3:55 PM, Jason Hibbets <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Best of luck in your new adventures Chad. You know where to find us! >> >> Jason >> >> On 10/27/2017 09:49 AM, Sam Knuth wrote: >> >> Chad! I hope you don't step too far away. I very much value your >> perspective and insights, and your desire to push the envelope on just >> how "open" we can be. >> >> Let's keep in touch >> >> Sam >> >> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Chad Whitacre <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>>> wrote: >> >> Thanks for the kind words, Bryan. It's been a pleasure and an honor >> to be part of this group. >> >> What Bryan was gracious enough to elide is that my stepping back >> from the Open Organization Ambassadors is due to my also stepping >> away from Gratipay, the startup I've worked on for over five years >> and the context in which I've been exploring open organizational >> patterns and possibilities. I'm currently looking for my next >> opportunity (in software engineering or engineering >> management—resume attached! :), and who knows? Perhaps down the line >> I will pop up again in the issue tracker with new open organization >> stories to share from a new perspective. >> >> Until then, all the best to all of you. Keep changing the world, and >> I will catch up if I can down the line! >> >> >> chad >> >> >> ---- >> Chad Whitacre >> http://whit537.org/ >> +1-412-925-4220 <(412)%20925-4220> <tel:(412)%20925-4220> (cell) >> >> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 7:32 AM, Bryan Behrenshausen >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>>> >> wrote: >> >> At the end of October, Chad Whitacre will finish his term as an >> Open >> Organization Ambassador at Opensource.com <http://opensource.com/>. >> I'd like to thank >> Chad—and I >> hope (as Chad would say) yinz'll join me in doing so too—for his >> outstanding service to the group. >> >> Chad joined our community in August 2016 after sharing two >> insightful >> stories about the way his startup, Gratipay, handled "hire-yourself >> employment" [1] and "take-what-you-want compensation" [2]. As >> you might >> imagine, those articles turned some heads. Clearly, Gratipay was >> paving >> the way for organizations to think differently about some >> tried-and-true >> processes, and Chad joined forces with us to help explain this >> new age >> of open and distributed work to Opensource.com >> <http://opensource.com/> readers. >> >> To that end, Chad composed columns on issues like open source >> community >> branding [3] and organizational ethics [4]. His tutorial on >> public issue >> trackers [5] appeared in _The Open Organization Leaders Manual_. >> And his >> piece on "open source's free rider problem" remains one of the most >> popular open organization stories on Opensource.com >> <http://opensource.com/> [6]. >> >> As a community member, Chad was instrumental in ensuring we >> practiced >> what we advocated every day. He was instrumental in establishing >> the >> ambassador community's GitHub organization—now a fundamental >> component >> in our ongoing activities—and helped open the community's >> publication >> schedule there. He also spurred development of the Open >> Organization >> Definition more than a year ago, after a robust discussion at >> All Things >> Open in Raleigh, NC. >> >> Chad, I wish you all the very best as you embark on your next great >> adventure. Thanks for all you've given to our community! >> >> Sincerely, >> Bryan >> >> ----- >> >> [1] >> <https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/5/ >> employees-let-them-hire-themselves >> <https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/5/ >> employees-let-them-hire-themselves>> >> >> [2] >> <https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/7/ >> compensating-employees-letting-them-take-what-they-want >> <https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/7/ >> compensating-employees-letting-them-take-what-they-want>> >> >> [3] >> <https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/4/ >> how-branding-decisions-open >> <https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/4/ >> how-branding-decisions-open>> >> >> [4] >> <https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/7/ >> open-org-hacker-ethic >> <https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/7/ >> open-org-hacker-ethic>> >> >> [5] >> <https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/2/ >> tracking-issues-publicly >> <https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/2/ >> tracking-issues-publicly>> >> >> [6] >> <https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/11/ >> open-source-free-rider-problem >> <https://opensource.com/open-organization/16/11/ >> open-source-free-rider-problem>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openorg-list mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] >> <[email protected]>> >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list >> <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openorg-list mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] >> <[email protected]>> >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list >> <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sam Knuth >> Director, Customer Content Services >> Red Hat, Inc >> Mobile: +1 612-840-1785 <(612)%20840-1785> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openorg-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openorg-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openorg-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list >> > -- > Jen Kelchner | LDR21 sent via my iPhone please excuse errors >
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