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[Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings Dick,

Thanks a bunch for all the big contributions you made for KiCad. I have
followed all what has happened on the mailing list since I subscribed, and
it's amazing to see how KiCad has come a long way from then. And I am sure
you have been as influential before then. Many thanks for your helpful
attitude towards the newcomers and also the more seasoned developers.

Since you are going to continue using KiCad, I beg you to send us your
newly created footprints and symbols. The work I have started with your
help will greatly benefit from this.

I wish you the best of all, and take care.


On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Peter Voorhees <peter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Dick,
>
> On behalf of all the grateful anonymous users/lurkers who watch the
> list.
>
> Thank you for all your effort; we appreciate everything you've done on
> our behalf and for our benefit.
>
> All the best in your next endeavor.
>
> --Everyone
>
>
> *"Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will
> find an excuse in them to hang him." -- Cardinal Richelieu*
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> > Ladies and Gentlemen:
> >
> > With great respect and humility I am turning over KiCad project
> > leadership to
> >
> >    Mr. Wayne Stambaugh.
> >
> > Wayne has established himself as a seasoned leader and software
> > architect.
> >
> > His software architectural skills and leadership skills make him in my
> > opinion the best of
> > available persons to fill this role.  We should hope and wish that he
> > finds the job
> > rewarding and fulfilling in a way that leads to an extended term in this
> > volunteer position.
> >
> > I obviously have confidence in his abilities, but I don't over estimate
> > his staying power,
> > nor should you.  Please be kind and respectful to him.
> >
> >
> > It is time for me to move out of the top spot and off the mailing list.
> >
> >
> >
> > I want to acknowledge Brian Sidebotham with special thanks for his faith
> > in my leadership
> > and his exceptional contributions in the realm of KiCad Winbuilder.  It
> > was his faith in
> > my vision that motivated him to do an unspeakable volunteer effort from
> > which hundreds of
> > KiCad users benefit.  While I thank him for his confidence in that vision
> > of mine, you all
> > should thank him for his actual time and leadership in making KiCad on
> > Windows worth
> > using.  His efforts in promoting CMake as a build engine warrant industry
> > and world-wide
> > acclaim and he is due a bonus from Kitware.
> >
> >
> > I want to acknowledge and thank Fabrizio Tappero, who's graphics/icons,
> > and user manual
> > efforts should go down as some of the most important contributions in
> > KiCad's history.
> >
> >
> > I want to acknowledge and thank Carl Poirier who is overseeing what is
> > quickly becoming a
> > world-wide resource.  At my egging, he stepped up and is now overseeing
> > what is becoming
> > something truly exceptional along with the efforts of generous
> > contributors.  I wish him
> > the best, I encourage him to be a leader and encourager among reluctant
> > volunteers. I am
> > proud to have been an inspiration in something that he can proudly put on
> > his resume some day.
> >
> >
> > I want to thank Javier Serano, whose confidence in our project direction
> > and leadership
> > inspired him to join and bring in some additional world class talent and
> > team players, Tom
> > and Orson, as well as KiCad team leadership and seasoned experience.
> >
> >
> > Lastly I want to thank Jean-Pierre for his friendship, for his faith and
> > confidence in my
> > sometimes loud and brash leadership.  But were it not for his stabilizing
> > influence in all
> > things KiCad, we'd all be making less PCB boards, or doing them more
> > expensively.
> >
> >
> > Please take care of my good friend Wayne Stambaugh.  I have prayed with
> > Wayne, I know his
> > son.  You could not have a better man at the helm.
> >
> >
> > Appreciation goes a long way towards keeping this project healthy, and
> > for it to be
> > healthy you need a class act at the top, you have one in Wayne.
> >
> >
> > Dick
> >
> >
> > P.S.
> >
> > *) The project has SoftPLC Corporation's permission to re-license its
> > copyrights under GPL3.
> >
> > *) When somebody other than superman Jean-Pierre surpasses this number of
> > commits:
> >    $ bzr log | grep 'dickelbeck\|Hollenbeck' | wc -l
> > send me a personal note and I'll send him a congratulatory memo.  :)
> >
> > *) It would be nice if the kicad-pcb.org website listed SoftPLC
> > Corporation as a
> > historically significant corporate sponsor.
> >
> >
> > Out.
> >
> >
> >
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