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-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Becky Yoose
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 11:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] old dog signing off - retirement

retirement++

Congratulations, and we'll miss you as you venture off to the next adventure in life :c) Best of luck, and thank you in return for all that you've contributed throughout the years. :cD

Cheers,
Becky

[Side note - I guess we are getting to that point in the community where we're seeing retirement messages!]



On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Doran, Michael <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Just a note to say that I will be signing off this list later this
> month due to my imminent retirement. I subscribed on the day the
> code4lib list was publicly announced (back on December 9, 2003!), so
> I've had the pleasure of seeing the community evolve and grow. The
> best part was not so much how the code4lib community has grown in size
> (but that's important too), but how it's grown in scope and inclusiveness.
>
> And although I missed the very first Code4lib conference in Corvallis,
> Oregon, I was fortunate to be able to attend the next eight, from 2007
> through 2014. Those conferences were some of the most rewarding
> experiences of my professional career (in terms of friends I made and
> stuff I learned) and I can't say enough thanks to the conference
> organizers who made that possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
>
> To the good people of code4lib: Goodbye and best wishes!
>
> -- Michael
>
> # Michael Doran, Systems Librarian
> # University of Texas at Arlington
> # 817-272-5326 office
> # [log in to unmask]
> # http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/
>