[Building Sakai] New responsibilities

[David Horwitz]

Anthony,

Its been an honour collaborating with you and I hope our paths will 
continue to cross within Apero or on other Umich/UCT collaborations.

D
On 11/20/2012 08:31 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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