+1 -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Becky Yoose Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 11:46 AM To: [log in to unmask] 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/ >