On 8/17/2012 at 05:55 PM, Peter Linnell <plinnell@opensuse.org> wrote: Hi,
Some of you know, I have recently taken a position at SUSE here in Silicon Valley. I've joined the Sales Engineer/ SUSE Linux Technical Specialist team. It has been a bit more than a month and I can say it has been a really great experience.
As I am now on the "inside", I can see that SUSE has never been better positioned to succeed in a long time. I've not had the chance to engage the business side of SUSE before in the same way I have with the engineering and openSUSE team side of things. That said, I've never had the kind of welcome joining a company like I have at SUSE. It's been extraordinary.
Because of this, I must resign from the board. I've thoroughly enjoyed working with my fellow board members and I now consider them friends. It does not matter if they are SUSE employees or not. They all care a lot about the community. All my dealings with them have been very forthright and correct.
As for me, I will not disappear from the community. Far from it. Now that I am here in North America, I am one more voice inside the company who will be actively evangelizing on the community's behalf. As I have reached out to my new colleagues, there is definitely an openness to listen, learn about and engage the community.
I could go on longer, but I do want to thank publicly Alan Clark for helping me get on board. We as a community are really lucky to have him as a board member and chair. Alan has done a terrific job on behalf of the community, though often times it is quite invisible and not recognized publicly. I've learned he has enormous respect inside SUSE and he is a great ambassador for the community.
Thanks for listening.
Peter Linnell
Peter, Thank you for all you have done on the Board and for the project. Success in your new position and look forward to continued work with you in the openSUSE project. regards, AlanClark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org