Big Hi-5's all round! I hope you won't become a total stranger to all your design-less coding friends ;-) Robin On 6/9/05, Chris Messina <chris.messina@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

After much deliberation and careful consideration, I have decided to move on from CivicSpace at the end of June.

Though there were many, many things that weighed in to my decision, the clincher came last week when I received an offer for a senior position within Round Two. The position puts me in a strategic position to advance the culture of open source as one of my duties will be to act as an ambassador of open source to other projects, organizations, officials and wider audiences, extending the work I started with Spread Firefox. I am very excited about this part of my duties as it will enable me to create allies and forge the kind of networks that open source will need to become the dominant development standard throughout the world (yes, big goals!).

Indeed, I see this new opportunity for me as both a necessary step forward for myself as well my work on CivicSpace. As such, I have every intention of maintaining a close relationship with CivicSpace and making sure that my work will continue to benefit the CivicSpace and Drupal communities.

I will complete my work on the next CivicSpace release to ensure that my work will not prevent CivicSpace from moving into the next chapter of its story with anything less than a clean slate. Though I won't directly experience it, I am thrilled that Kieran has joined the team and think he will lead CivicSpace to new heights; CivicSpace is very fortunate to have him!

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to let me know. I will continue to be available to discuss CivicSpace, interface and other matters.

It's truly been a privilege to work for CivicSpace and to have made as many good friends as I have. I continue to believe that the CivicSpace concept will continue to grow, mature and empower communities the world over.

Chris