taking a break

[Ovidiu Predescu <ov...@apache.org>]

After more than 3 years working with and on cocoon, for various 
reasons, I've decided to stop my active involvement with it, at least 
for a while.

If you have any questions about the flow or whatever, please don't 
hesitate to contact me.

Greetings,
-- 
Ovidiu Predescu <ov...@apache.org>
http://www.google.com/search?btnI=&q=ovidiu (I'm feeling lucky)

Re: taking a break

[Antti Koivunen <an...@users.sourceforge.net>]

Ovidiu Predescu wrote:
> After more than 3 years working with and on cocoon, for various reasons, 
> I've decided to stop my active involvement with it, at least for a while.
> 
> If you have any questions about the flow or whatever, please don't 
> hesitate to contact me.
> 
> Greetings,


For the first time in weeks, I had a few extra minutes to check up on 
cocoon-dev, and I couldn't help but to feel a bit sad reading the above. 
However, I think I understand how you feel. Most of us do this for fun, 
and if, for any reason, it ceases to be such, there's little reason to 
continue. Personally, I'd love to able to work on Cocoon, and many other 
interesting open source projects, but I simply can't seem to find the 
time to do so. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I, like 
everybody else here, really appreciate all your hard work and the 
tremendous contributions you've made to Cocoon.

Have fun, whatever you're doing (and don't be gone too long ;)

Kind regards,

(: A ;)
-- 
Antti Koivunen (Mr.) <an...@users.sf.net>

Re: taking a break

[Sylvain Wallez <sy...@anyware-tech.com>]

Ovidiu Predescu wrote:

> After more than 3 years working with and on cocoon, for various 
> reasons, I've decided to stop my active involvement with it, at least 
> for a while.
>
> If you have any questions about the flow or whatever, please don't 
> hesitate to contact me.
>
> Greetings,


Ovidiu,

Just a quick note (I check the mails before going to bed) to tell you 
I'm very sad about this. Stefano seems to have been furious of knowing 
that people sometimes communicate off-list, and his words are IMO 
stronger than what he really thinks. He can't have forgotten the endless 
threads on cocoon-dev about the flow, his enthusiasm about it and all 
the public discussions that occured during many months.

Anyway, I can easily understand that you took it bad, and that, using no 
more Cocoon in you daily job, you want to put some distance.

Be assured that you keep your place in the Cocoon community, but also in 
my heart. We only met during one day, but I really appreciated it and 
hope to meet you again in the future.

Warm regards,
Sylvain

PS: BTW, how's it going at Google ?

-- 
Sylvain Wallez                                  Anyware Technologies
http://www.apache.org/~sylvain           http://www.anyware-tech.com
{ XML, Java, Cocoon, OpenSource }*{ Training, Consulting, Projects }

Re: taking a break

[Michael Melhem <mi...@fztig938.bank.dresdner.net>]

On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 12:34:00PM -0800, Ovidiu Predescu wrote:
> After more than 3 years working with and on cocoon, for various 
> reasons, I've decided to stop my active involvement with it, at least 
> for a while.

Ovidiu, with your departure, Cocoon will certianly be losing one of its
greatest resources.

So lets hope you are back soon!

Regards,
Michael

> 
> If you have any questions about the flow or whatever, please don't 
> hesitate to contact me.
> 
> Greetings,
> -- 
> Ovidiu Predescu <ov...@apache.org>
> http://www.google.com/search?btnI=&q=ovidiu (I'm feeling lucky)
> 

Re: taking a break

[Stefano Mazzocchi <st...@apache.org>]

Ovidiu Predescu wrote:
> After more than 3 years working with and on cocoon, for various reasons, 
> I've decided to stop my active involvement with it, at least for a while.
 >
> If you have any questions about the flow or whatever, please don't 
> hesitate to contact me.
> 
> Greetings,

I have a question: does this action has anything to do with the private 
conversation about flow?

The reason for me asking this is that I feel there were issues still 
unsolved in that email and you leaving right in the middle leaves us 
with the impossibility of solving any potential problem.

It's always sad to see people going away, but it's natural and healthy 
if they do so because their lifes are changing. It's the beauty of 
volunteer efforts.

On the other hand, it's hurts me very badly if they do it because they 
feel negativity in the air.

I just want to understand how you feel while leaving (not the reasons, 
those are your own business) because this will impact not only you but 
all of us.

Stefano.

Re: taking a break

[Niclas Hedhman <ni...@internuscorp.com>]

On Sunday 09 March 2003 04:34, Ovidiu Predescu wrote:
> After more than 3 years working with and on cocoon, for various
> reasons, I've decided to stop my active involvement with it, at least
> for a while.
>
> If you have any questions about the flow or whatever, please don't
> hesitate to contact me.

Ovidiu,
You have been a great resource in this effort for years, and although I am 
rather passive member of this community, I always appreciate, beyond what can 
be expressed in an email, the tremendous effort most volunteers put into the 
project, not the least you.
I hope the reason is not related to what Stefano is trying to find out, that 
would be sad, but something more awarding, like going on trips, expanding 
your horizons, spending more time with family...

On the other hand, we have seen "core" members go, and come back later, and my 
gut feeling says we will see you sooner than later.

Cheers.
Niclas

RE: taking a break

[Carsten Ziegeler <cz...@s-und-n.de>]

Hi Ovidiu,

it seems that this day is going to become sader and sader...

As my english is not that good (as you all know), I can only totally
agree to Sylvain's statement:
>>>
Be assured that you keep your place in the Cocoon community, but also in
my heart. We only met during one day, but I really appreciated it and
hope to meet you again in the future.
<<<

I can totally understand your action and wish you all the best in the
future.

Regards
Carsten

Re: taking a break

[Ovidiu Predescu <ov...@apache.org>]

On Saturday, Mar 8, 2003, at 13:55 US/Pacific, Bertrand Delacretaz 
wrote:

> Le Samedi, 8 mars 2003, à 21:34 Europe/Zurich, Ovidiu Predescu a écrit 
> :
>
>> After more than 3 years working with and on cocoon, for various 
>> reasons, I've decided to stop my active involvement with it, at least 
>> for a while
>> ...
>
> I'm sure we'd get a lot of -1 if we could vote on this one...
>
> Many thanks for your great contributions during this time - among 
> them, your presentation of the flow subsystem at the Ghent GetTogether 
> has been a most important step for Cocoon IMHO.

Thanks a lot, Bertrand! I really appreciate your thoughts! I'm sorry we 
didn't talk more at the GetTogether; maybe next time ;)

Best regards,
Ovidiu

Re: taking a break

[Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@codeconsult.ch>]

Le Samedi, 8 mars 2003, à 21:34 Europe/Zurich, Ovidiu Predescu a écrit :

> After more than 3 years working with and on cocoon, for various 
> reasons, I've decided to stop my active involvement with it, at least 
> for a while
> ...

I'm sure we'd get a lot of -1 if we could vote on this one...

Many thanks for your great contributions during this time - among them, 
your presentation of the flow subsystem at the Ghent GetTogether has 
been a most important step for Cocoon IMHO.

-Bertrand