Wow, so sorry to hear this, Steve! I really hope that you will stay involved -- the Python community is a much better place today because of your untiring efforts over the years. You really made a difference.
Wish you all the best in all things, Python and otherwise ... George. On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Steve Holden <[email protected]> wrote: > Ladies and gentlemen: > > This note marks a turning point in my (unpaid) career with the PSF. I have > been a subscriber to this list and its predecessor for many years, and in > many ways regard it as the engine room of the Foundation. > > The web is our primary communications channel with the outside world and > the main and most trusted source of information in the world about the > Python programming language; I imagine that the jobs board is probably the > premier place to find professional Python users with all kinds of other > skills. Seeing the daily buzz across this channel has kept me in constant > touch with the Foundation's vibrant roots, and convinced me even on my down > days that my work for the Foundation is worthwhile. > > The PSF has grown immensely since I first joined, both in numbers and in > scope. There have been problems, both financial and organizational, to > overcome, and I think we have met those challenges and begun forward > progress once more. Personal business (i.e. looking after my own financial > interests for a change) mean that I have less time to devote to Foundation > affairs. Sadly pydotorg is the channel that occupies most bandwidth. > > If I were not confident that you are perfectly capable of self-management I > would be more concerned about this change, but I believe we have forged the > makings of a great editorial team. As the Foundation continues to change and > grow I know that you will rise to the challenge of representing its > ever-increasing breadth and (I trust) diversity. I hope that technology will > eventually emerge that allows us to open the editorial role much more > broadly, and to have the website managed by a representative subset of the > Python microcosm. > > Thank you all, for everything you have done and continue to do. You all > know where to reach me, and I hope I will continue to hear from you > regularly. > > regards > Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > pydotorg-www mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www >
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