Dear all, I am retiring as a co-chair of the JSDL-WG. It's been four years since Steve, Darren and I started the JSDL efforts, and with all of the support and hard work of the group produced v1.0 of the spec, released last November 2005. I feel that the time is now right for me to retire in favour of a new co-chair, who has been and is closer to the action than I have recently been. With that, I would like to nominate our editor, Andreas Savva, to take over from me as a group co-chair. Andreas has been an active member and the editor of the JSDL spec since the beginning. He has also been the OGSA liaison for JSDL and a very active member of that group and its efforts. I believe that given his commitment and his insight of JSDL and related work within OGF and elsewhere, he is the natural choice to take over as co-chair to drive the work of the group forward. I know that Andreas' nomination has the support of a good number of you already. However, the correct process would be to open the floor for any other nominations for a co-chair. If you have any objections to Andreas taking over as co-chair, or if you have another person in mind who you would like to nominate, could I ask you to make these known to Darren and Steve, either in private or in the first JSDL session at GGF18. If you prefer to be more discrete, you could approach one of the area directors: Stephen Pickles or Ramin Yahyapour. If you prefer to be completely open, you should use this mailing list. I will continue to remain an active member of the JSDL-WG and will contribute to any other OGF work where possible. Thanks for all your hard work and support in the JSDL efforts over that last 4 years. I think we have a good deal more constructive work to do - so let's keep it going. Cheers and take care, Ali -- ---------------------------------------------------- |epcc| - Ali Anjomshoaa PhD EPCC, University of Edinburgh James Clerk Maxwell Building Mayfield Road E-mail: ali@epcc.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ Phone: + 44 (0) 131 651 3479 United Kingdom Fax: + 44 (0) 131 650 6555 -------------------------------------------------------------