RE: [school-discuss] Passing of the torch

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I too thank you, Doug, for all of your hard work.  As a teacher I have used the
resources of SchoolForge over and over.

Thanks!

Marilyn

Quoting Douglas Ort <doug0531@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> 
> My connection with Doug Loss goes back to 1998 and SEUL/edu.  For his fine
> years of oversight and technical excellence, though the work was quite a
> burden at times, I do thank him.  Mr. Loss, my personal best to you and
> yours.
> 
> Douglas Ort
> Not a techie, but a faithful lurker over the years.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-schoolforge-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-schoolforge-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Loss
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 6:25 PM
> To: schoolforge-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: arma@xxxxxxxx; riddiough@xxxxxxxxx; tysongray@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [school-discuss] Passing of the torch
> 
> It's finally come.  As many of you know, I helped start and manage
> SEUL/edu and later Schoolforge.  I like to think both organizations had
> some beneficial influence on the use of free/open source software in
> education around the world.
> 
> After some years though, I essentially burned out.  I backed off and let
> the day to day operations of Schoolforge run on autopilot.  The current
> website shows this, I think.  I kept looking for someone to take over
> the management of Schoolforge.
> 
> Well, I've found someone.  Someones, actually.  Justin Riddiough and
> Tyson Gray have agreed to take on the awesome responsibility. :)  I'm
> sure they'll do a better job than I did.  They have some very
> interesting and I think exciting plans.  I'll let them tell you about
> those themselves.
> 
> I'm going to be sure they both have the authorizations they need to get
> things running as they wish (Roger, could you see about that please?
> Thanks!).  After that I expect they'll take Schoolforge to new heights!
> 
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> Doug Loss              Unquestionably, there is progress.
> drloss@xxxxxxxxxx      The average American pays out twice
>                        as much in taxes as he formerly got
>                        in wages.
>                           H. L. Mencken
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