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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Whoa!!! When did this happen? Even, you have been AWESOME for many years and will be sorely missed. I have been using GDAL and related libraries for about 25 years and without it I could have never created the applications that I did throughout the years. Personally, I just want to give you and Frank a HUGE round of applause, thanks and gratitude. I’m really sad (and a little worried) to see you go, but at the same time I wish you the best of luck and I hope you know that you are a definitely a World Class AAA software developer! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise with the rest of us chumps. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:black'>😊</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Martin Chapman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> gdal-dev <gdal-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Frank Warmerdam via gdal-dev<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 4, 2026 11:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> Even Rouault <even.rouault@spatialys.com><br><b>Cc:</b> gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [gdal-dev] Stepping out from GDAL PSC<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Even,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I mentioned it privately already, but I wanted to go on the record here stating that your work and leadership on GDAL has been amazing and personally allowed me to let go of control when letting go is not my forte. :-)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I wish you well in the future, and even if we were just part of bootstrapping things up to the singularity, that is still something important.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Frank<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Nov 4, 2026 at 6:56<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM Even Rouault via gdal-dev <<a href="mailto:gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org">gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<br><br>I'm stepping out from my position of member and chair of the GDAL PSC. <br>Those years in this role have been great and I'm proud what the team has <br>accomplished and want to thank all the people that have participated and <br>will make the project still shine. I will only look from a distance but <br>happy to try helping in case it would be needed.<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Even<br><br>-- <br><a href="http://www.spatialys.com" target="_blank">http://www.spatialys.com</a><br>My software is free, but my time generally not.<br>LLMs contribute to global warming and brain rot.<br>Let's guillotine them! "Ah ! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira !"<br>Initiator of <a href="https://fuckaifoundation.org" target="_blank">https://fuckaifoundation.org</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>gdal-dev mailing list<br><a href="mailto:gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailsignatureprefix>-- </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------<br>I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, <a href="mailto:fwarmerdam@gmail.com" target="_blank">fwarmerdam@gmail.com</a><br>light and sound - activate the windows | <br>and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>