Congratulations, Emmanuel. When reading Alex' lines everyone must see that you are really the ideal V.P. for Directory.
And thanks to Alex for the past and future work. Alex Karasulu schrieb: > Hello, > > This email is my last message to the community with my PMC Chair hat on. > > For some time now I wanted to step down from the position of PMC Chair > so the position > can be cycled among those on our PMC. With the vibrant growth of our > community and > a strong PMC I finally feel comfortable doing so. For the record I'm > not going anywhere > except fishing on occasion :). I intend to participate on the PMC and > work hard on progressing > all Apache Directory projects so they're the best in each of their > domains. View this > evolutionary step as a sign of how healthy our community has become. > Really it's a > proud day for me. > > After announcing my intention to resign, I asked the PMC to recommend a > candidate > to the board for V.P. of the Directory Project. Emmanuel Lecharny was > unanimously > chosen. In their last official meeting the board approved the > resolution to make Emmanuel > the V.P. of Apache Directory. > > Emmanuel has been among us forever. I think he began contributing > before we left the incubator. > He's probably answered several of your questions and fixed numerous > issues and added many > features into ApacheDS. Let me not overlook the fact that he has helped > forge MINA, LDAP > Studio and Triplesec. He is equally concerned with every project we've > had here. Most importantly > he's been a sturdy rock in our community, helping it grow and overcome > it's problems. He > understands the value of community over just the code alone. Emmanuel > once said to me, "Open Source is not > a technical phenomenon but a social one. The code just gives us a > reason to come together." > Of course he misspelled phenomenon :). Seriously I don't know where we > would be today without > his presence. Emmanuel will make an ideal Chair, and we're very lucky > to have him. > > So, everyone, let's welcome him with a big applause! > > Regards, > Alex Karasulu >
