Stepping down from the project

[Nicole Harris]

I know that Scott said it in the I2 meeting for those who were there, 
but I just wanted to repeat our thanks to Chad for all of the work he 
has contributed towards making Shibboleth such a success.  Chad has 
driven the IdP work for many years, has been a contributor to all areas 
of the project and a mentor to other developers, has kept the 
infrastructure of the project going against all odds and has been a 
great support to me as I've grown in to my new role of Consortium Manager.

I know that we are going to feel Chad's absence in the project, and he 
will be much missed.

Personally - thank you Chad for tolerating the constant Skype pings, 
English sensibilities and me giggling through developer meetings.  It's 
been a lot of fun.

On 02/10/2012 22:38, Chad La Joie wrote:
> As was announced in the Shibboleth working group session today, I am
> leaving the Shibboleth project.  I had planned to leave the project in
> the middle of 2013 and have, over the last couple years, been
> transitioning my work to other members of team.  The unfortunate
> political difficulties, and the resulting inability of the Consortium
> to pay the developers, caused me to move up plans.  Thankfully,
> through the heroic efforts of Nicole Harris and Christoph Witzig this
> situation has now been remedied.
>
> Going forward, Brent Putman is the lead of the OpenSAML Java library;
> Rod Widdowson is the lead of the discovery service work; Ian Young is
> the lead of the Metadata Aggregator; Tom Zeller is the lead of the
> IdP.  From here on out all of my time to the project will be a
> personal donation and will be focused on bringing Tom up to speed.
>
> If your organization uses Shibboleth I strongly encourage you to join
> the Shibboleth Consortium[1].  With support the project can continue
> on for another 12 years, without it, it won't.
>
> As a personal note, since I haven't told them this enough, the current
> developers are some of the smartest and most entertaining people I've
> ever had a chance to work with.  So I give them a very big thank you
> for making the last 10 years pretty enjoyable.
>
> [1] http://shibboleth.net/consortium/index.html
>