Re: RDWG Chair

Simon!

It's been great having you as chair over the years! Thanks for all the
effort you've put into setting up and organizing much of RDWG. I was always
impressed how well you coordinated the calls, so well that at times I
remember forgetting you were actually chairing. Sort of like a good UI, the
experience is so great you sort of forget your using a UI.

Really glad you'll still be around!

cheers,
+pt






On 10 December 2014 at 10:26, Simon Harper <simon.harper@manchester.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> If you were not on the telecon today, I just wanted to let you know that
> due to additional work commitments I wont be able to continue on as Chair
> of the RDWG; and so I've decided to step down.
>
> I've really enjoyed my time as Chair and had previously been very vocal
> about getting the group started up again after the RDIG became dormant.
> Thanks to Shadi and Judy for allowing that to happen!
>
> But, now it's time to hand over to other people and there will hopefully
> be 2 co-chairs to ease the administrative burden.
>
> I feel proud of the work that we have accomplished so far and the eight or
> so symposia we have run. The most pressing work for my successors will be
> making sure the notes are now published, and by doing this I believe that
> more people be attracted to participate.
>
> I still intend to participate as much as possible, so I wont be leaving,
> and you'll still see me about.
>
> I also want to thank Shadi, and everyone in the RDWG for making my
> Chairing job such a smooth experience.
>
> Next week's call will be my last as chair, we will then have a two week
> Christmas break and resume on Jan 07th; with hopefully new chairs.
>
> Cheers
> Si
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