----- Original Message ----- > From: Dick Hollenbeck <d...@softplc.com> > To: KiCad Developers <kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Cc: > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2014 2:41 AM > Subject: [Kicad-developers] New Project Leader > > 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. >
Thanks for all your effort Dick; the project's in good shape for future development and maintenance thanks largely to your work. I think all the devs appreciate how difficult the work actually is; I've been looking at the file I/O and various exporters/importers (VRML, IDF, DXF) for ages thinking I could reorganize a few things as Wayne suggested about a year ago, but I can see it's a big job that'll consume all my free time for months on end so I've been putting it off and prioritizing other things. You've accomplished a Herculean task and I for one am very grateful for it; it's made my task of working with the KiCad source so much easier. Welcome to the leadership role Wayne; I'm looking forward to seeing KiCad's ongoing evolution. - Cirilo _______________________________________________ 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
