[Building Sakai] [oae-dev] New responsibilities

[Noah Botimer]

Thanks, Anthony. I know I have appreciated your unwavering service to the community, as have many others, despite your best efforts to remain quietly behind the scenes. We are all stronger and better for it.

I personally look forward to working with you as a fellow U-M'er and volunteer Apereo/Sakai contirbutor. Congratulations on entering a new phase.

Thanks,
-Noah

On Nov 20, 2012, at 1:31 PM, Anthony Whyte wrote:

> Hi all--I have decided to step away from both the OAE project and the Sakai Foundation in order to return to the University of Michigan.  I've been asked to work on a variety of collaborative initiatives closer to home and after 8 years serving in a variety of community roles, first for the Sakai Project during its grant phase and then for the Sakai Foundation starting in 2005 the time has come for me to embrace a new set of challenges.
> 
> While I am relinquishing my Foundation responsibilities, I am not leaving the Sakai community.   In my new role on campus, I'll be reaching out and working with other member organizations of the community from time to time on a variety of initiatives.  Most importantly, I have friends throughout the community and I want to keep
> those friendships active.
> 
> It is a good time for this change. The Apereo Foundation is in the offing following the successful conclusion of the Jasig-Sakai merger vote.  Sakai CLE 2.9.0 was released last week.  The OAE team's November progress report makes for compelling reading. [1]  Keitai, a new mobile project, has recently been announced. [2]  Then there is EuroSakai 2013 in Paris, France, scheduled at the end of January. [3]  The many talented people involved in each of these initiatives make it pretty easy for a fella like me to step aside.
> 
> In a community such as Sakai one quickly accumulates a list of people who deserve a hearty thanks for their willingness to share their knowledge, advice and wisdom.  My list is a long one.  If I could be allowed to let one individual stand proxy for all the rest then let me thank Joseph Hardin, one of the founders of the Sakai Project and the first chair of the Sakai Board.  He's the guy that hired me in 2004, introduced me to the world of community source and provided me with an opportunity to work with all of you.
> 
> Reverting now to a volunteer contributor . . . .
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Anthony
> 
> [1] http://oae.sakaiproject.org/
> [2] https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/MOBILE/Home
> [3] http://www.congres.upmc.fr/sakai2013/
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