Hi Dick, On behalf of all the grateful anonymous users/lurkers who watch the list.
Thank you for all your effort; we appreciate everything you've done on our behalf and for our benefit. All the best in your next endeavor. --Everyone *"Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him." -- Cardinal Richelieu* On Fri, Aug 22, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > Ladies and Gentlemen: > > With great respect and humility I am turning over KiCad project > leadership to > > Mr. Wayne Stambaugh. > > Wayne has established himself as a seasoned leader and software > architect. > > His software architectural skills and leadership skills make him in my > opinion the best of > available persons to fill this role. We should hope and wish that he > finds the job > rewarding and fulfilling in a way that leads to an extended term in this > volunteer position. > > I obviously have confidence in his abilities, but I don't over estimate > his staying power, > nor should you. Please be kind and respectful to him. > > > It is time for me to move out of the top spot and off the mailing list. > > > > I want to acknowledge Brian Sidebotham with special thanks for his faith > in my leadership > and his exceptional contributions in the realm of KiCad Winbuilder. It > was his faith in > my vision that motivated him to do an unspeakable volunteer effort from > which hundreds of > KiCad users benefit. While I thank him for his confidence in that vision > of mine, you all > should thank him for his actual time and leadership in making KiCad on > Windows worth > using. His efforts in promoting CMake as a build engine warrant industry > and world-wide > acclaim and he is due a bonus from Kitware. > > > I want to acknowledge and thank Fabrizio Tappero, who's graphics/icons, > and user manual > efforts should go down as some of the most important contributions in > KiCad's history. > > > I want to acknowledge and thank Carl Poirier who is overseeing what is > quickly becoming a > world-wide resource. At my egging, he stepped up and is now overseeing > what is becoming > something truly exceptional along with the efforts of generous > contributors. I wish him > the best, I encourage him to be a leader and encourager among reluctant > volunteers. I am > proud to have been an inspiration in something that he can proudly put on > his resume some day. > > > I want to thank Javier Serano, whose confidence in our project direction > and leadership > inspired him to join and bring in some additional world class talent and > team players, Tom > and Orson, as well as KiCad team leadership and seasoned experience. > > > Lastly I want to thank Jean-Pierre for his friendship, for his faith and > confidence in my > sometimes loud and brash leadership. But were it not for his stabilizing > influence in all > things KiCad, we'd all be making less PCB boards, or doing them more > expensively. > > > Please take care of my good friend Wayne Stambaugh. I have prayed with > Wayne, I know his > son. You could not have a better man at the helm. > > > Appreciation goes a long way towards keeping this project healthy, and > for it to be > healthy you need a class act at the top, you have one in Wayne. > > > Dick > > > P.S. > > *) The project has SoftPLC Corporation's permission to re-license its > copyrights under GPL3. > > *) When somebody other than superman Jean-Pierre surpasses this number of > commits: > $ bzr log | grep 'dickelbeck\|Hollenbeck' | wc -l > send me a personal note and I'll send him a congratulatory memo. :) > > *) It would be nice if the kicad-pcb.org website listed SoftPLC > Corporation as a > historically significant corporate sponsor. > > > Out. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
