[Biojava-dev] Leadership

[Andreas Prlic]

Hi Richard,

Just to take this opportunity to say thanks for your BioJava
contributions in the last years. I understand you will not be gone
completely and you are just scaling back, right?

Andreas

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 3:56 AM, Richard Holland
<holland at eaglegenomics.com> wrote:
> A while back I indicated privately that I no longer really have the time
> to dedicate to properly running and managing the BioJava project.
> Recently Andreas Prlic has been doing a fantastic job in performing the
> most important tasks such as monitoring bugzilla and making releases,
> which has helped mask my absence.
>
> Ideally I'd like to hand over to someone who can find time to put in
> place a proper management structure with several people who each have
> specific responsibilities, including someone who can create and sustain
> a long-term vision and plan for the project (specifically completing
> BioJava 3 based on the building blocks and example code that are already
> in place). Whether that someone ends up leading the project or not I
> don't think is relevant - what's relevant is that they can construct the
> appropriate management structure and find the right people to do the
> right jobs.
>
> Would anyone like to volunteer? I'm asking the whole of biojava-dev in
> the hope that this list reaches all our current contributors and
> interested parties.
>
> I think the best way to do this is to collect nominations, then place it
> to the vote. Please email nominations to me by 31st March.
>
> thanks,
> Richard
>
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> Richard Holland, BSc MBCS
> Finance Director, Eagle Genomics Ltd
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