[Biojava-dev] Leadership

[Richard Holland]

That's right. I'll still code, contribute, bugfix, check, just I won't
be running the project per se.

Andreas Prlic wrote:
> 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
>>
>> --
>> Richard Holland, BSc MBCS
>> Finance Director, Eagle Genomics Ltd
>> T: +44 (0)1223 654481 ext 3 | E: holland at eaglegenomics.com
>> http://www.eaglegenomics.com/
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Richard Holland, BSc MBCS
Finance Director, Eagle Genomics Ltd
T: +44 (0)1223 654481 ext 3 | E: holland at eaglegenomics.com
http://www.eaglegenomics.com/