On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 04:38:29AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: [Snippage, re: Welcome and Thanx]
> We just broke 300 applicants today, and the good news is that less than Excellent! :^) > 100 of these folks are currently waiting in line for an AM. We have > processed almost 100 applicants, and are currently handling over 100 > applications. It is finally looking like we may actually be able to catch > up with the future about the time it gets here ;-) A few more weeks, and we (hopefully) should be to a point where we can take them as they come, and eliminate the need for a queue. ;^> > I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for > your hard work and excellent productivity. I know how hard I've worked on > this project, so I appreciate the matching funds that everyone here has > applied to the problem. Without your cooperation and energy, all my > efforts could easily have gone for naught. Actually, Dale, I would guess that you probably have been putting in more hours on this than any one else on the AM side of the process. All of _us_ should be thanking _you_. :^) [ At least those of us who recently came out of [ the queue and immediately became AMs should be.... ;^> > Thanks to everyone's hard work I predict that the new maintainer process > will continue to improve and that at some point even the rest of Debian > will recognize that fact ;-) I have faith in your prediction of improvement. I doubt the recongition, though, given all the bitching going on. "What? The queue is *empty*? You must be doing something wrong!" <sardonic grin> Cheers! -- ____________________________________________________________________ / Clay Crouch, UNIX Weenie ;^> | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ | Debian Package Maintainer | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | "Away put your weapon; I mean you no harm." -- Master Yoda | +--------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1024D/7D2AD631: 2319 2356 FEDF 4631 63F3 762A E443 1C2A 7D2A D631 | \____________________________________________________________________/
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