Dear Thijs,
please allow me a procedural remark: OGF requires that group
chairs are chosen based on group consensus. Not that I
think that Andy would not get group approval, but next time
a chair position is replaced, it would be great if you could
group feedback *before* doing so.
FWIW I have no problem whatsoever with this nomination and given Andy's
solid contributions since the start (even if not always aligned with
mine) I can't think of a better person to nominate. This is particularly true given the academic position being replaced and his work with SLA@SOI (which he has always been representing rather than his employer, Intel).
If anyone does take exception to this procedural issue then I suggest taking it up with the co-chairs.
Thanks Andy for volunteering your time,
Sam
PS.: please update the chair replacement in your group's
living charter: go to the forge group page, login, and use
the edit button below the 'Project Info' subframe.
Quoting [Thijs Metsch] (May 26 2009):
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> I would like to introduce our new Co-Chair Andy Edmonds. He will take
> over the co-chair position from Ignacio Llorente.
>
> Ignacio founded this group with me and it has been a great pleasure to
> work with him. I would like to thank him for his help and great work.
>
> He will keep on contributing to the efforts of the group. The reason for
> this change in the chairing is that Ignacio got the great opportunity to
> work with the European Union on Cloud Computing!
>
> So again thanks for your help and all the best,
>
> -Thijs
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