Stepping down from the project

[Mark K. Miller]

I'm at the I2 meeting and was able to thank Chad for his efforts in person 
here, but in classic list participation style I'll say:

+1


On Wed, 3 Oct 2012, Nicole Harris wrote:

> 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
>>
>
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