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<b>From: </b>gdal-dev <gdal-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Tom Moore via gdal-dev <gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 7:53 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Even Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org <gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [gdal-dev] Stepping out from GDAL PSC<br>
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<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">Hi Even</div>
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<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">Thank you for all that you have done for this project. I was an infrequent participant in the community, but I appreciated your generous assistance when I had questions or was submitting PR's, and
I am greatly impressed by your productivity and contributions to the project as evidenced by all of PR's attributed to you. You have been a wonderful steward of the project who will be difficult to replace.</div>
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<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">On Wed, Nov 4, 2026, at 6:36 AM, Even Rouault via gdal-dev wrote:</div>
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<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">I'm stepping out from my position of member and chair of the GDAL PSC. </div>
<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">Those years in this role have been great and I'm proud what the team has </div>
<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">accomplished and want to thank all the people that have participated and </div>
<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">will make the project still shine. I will only look from a distance but </div>
<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">happy to try helping in case it would be needed.</div>
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<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">My software is free, but my time generally not.</div>
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<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">Let's guillotine them! "Ah ! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira !"</div>
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