It has been my privilege to represent the
Committers on the Board this past year, and I have very much enjoyed working
with you to encourage the Foundation in the right directions - directions that
provide direct benefit to the Open Source Projects and to the committer and
contributor community. One of the major agendas that John Wiegand and I have
been pushing is to have the EMO dedicate more resources to directly supporting
the Projects. Fortunately, the Board has agreed with us and as of February 15th,
the EMO will have a "Technical Director, Open Source Process and
Infrastructure". John and I view this as a big positive step for Eclipse and for
the Projects and are pleased.
The reason I am resigning as one of your two
Committer Representatives and withdrawing my name from the upcoming Committer
Representative Elections is that I am
going to be that Technical Director, Open Source Process and Infrastructure. I
am joining the EMO because I believe I can do more for the Committers and the
rest of the community and the ecosystem in this new full-time (probably more
than full-time!) role than I could as a part-time member of the
Board.
I look forward to working with you all and doing
what I can to help Eclipse become even bigger and even more amazing over the
next year, two years, five years, and beyond. There's a lot coming up just in
the short term and that's just the start of a spectacular future for Eclipse.
I'm privileged to have been your Representative and now even more so to be your
advocate and assistant.
Regards,
Bjorn
Freeman-Benson
