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All Nokia discussion board member,
I will be retiring on November 18, 2012 and I can think of no more suitable replacement than Hamish Willee who has made major improvement in the Wiki for the past two years.
Please welcome Hamish Willee as the manager for the discussion boards.
Ron
Farewell Ron, wherever you fare - read that on an other site where you also have done some miracles. These 7 years have been an interesting journey :)
G'day, Hamish - if that is a correct interpretation of your location line.
A prolific career sounds such an understatement when considering your reputation in your field is concerned. Have a great retired life Ron.
Welcome aboard on the official announcement Hamish!! All the best for the coming times!!
Thank you Ron for all these years :-) And a big welcome to Hamish!!
Hi All
Thanks Ron for your very kind introduction, and everyone else for your welcome. "G'day" is indeed the correct term, as I'm based in Melbourne, Australia (my Nokia team is in Tampere, Finland). Looking forward to working with you!
I've created a [URL="http://www.developer.nokia.com/Blogs/Community/2012/11/12/thank-you-nokia-ron/"]this blog[/URL] to briefly show my appreciation to Ron - feel free to add your comments too.
Regards
Hamish
Dear Ron,
You will be "greatly missed" in Nokia Developer World! I have been interacting and working with you from the very early days of your Nokia life and all I can say is you are just "amazing" ! You have transformed and supported our DiBo and evolved the Nokia Developer Community to make it the Top Developer communitiy in the world and all you have done is with sheer Passion and commitment towards the community!
Ron, You will be remembered always!
I am sure you will have a great time with your family and kids. Wish you and your family all the very Best!
Hamish, Wish you all the best in your new role! :)
Regards
Gopal
PS: You may retire from Nokia, but please note there is no retirement from the Nokia Developer Community - We really hope you will continue to participate in the community :)
Thanks Ron for your passion, commitment and great impact towards the developer community. You rock! You can see my more versitile comment done to [URL="http://www.developer.nokia.com/Blogs/Community/2012/11/12/thank-you-nokia-ron/"]the blog post [/URL]
Sad to see Ron going away, but I have had the privilage to know Hamish for some years too, sharing similar spirit and passion towards the developers as Ron;-) Hamish a good replacement. Your legacy is in good hands!
Welcome Hamish!
Cheers, Jarkko
We will miss you RON. Have a great Life ahead.
Welcome and all the best to the new community manager , Hamish. :)
So, now it is official :/
Ron, I wish you the best. We will miss you, certainly.
Thanks for all support and patient during all this time.
Hamish, are you ready for attending meetings in the middle of the night ? Just kidding :)
It will be excellent to have you as our new manager. Congratulations !
Marcelo Barros
Hi Marcelo
Well its official that I'm community manager for the forums (along with wiki, blogs, and shared responsibility for projects with Tomi). There is another role for working with Champions, who will be introduced to the community very soon.
[QUOTE=marcelobarrosalmeida;906326]Hamish, are you ready for attending meetings in the middle of the night ? Just kidding :)[/QUOTE]
I'm based in GMT +10, so provided you mean the middle of your night, and not the middle of mine, fine :-)
I'm fine with meetings that have a clear agenda and cake.
[QUOTE=marcelobarrosalmeida;906326]It will be excellent to have you as our new manager. Congratulations ![/QUOTE]
Thank you. Tough shoes to fill, but the moderation teams that Ron created will doubtless cover for any shortcomings I might have.
regards
Hamish
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I'm fine with meetings that have a clear agenda and cake.
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What kind of cake? Where should it be delivered, or will you come and eat it where ever the cake is available?
[QUOTE=petrib;906384]What kind of cake? Where should it be delivered, or will you come and eat it where ever the cake is available?[/QUOTE]
I'm not afraid to answer the hard questions. My favourite is raspberry coconut cake, but the only one that wouldn't be acceptable is wedding cake with traditional horrible marzipan icing. If my boss can find the budget I will come to the cake, but otherwise I guess I'll just have to buy my own. I think we're moving off topic, but seriously, if we need to have a meeting happy to do so.
Thanks for many years of excellent work with the Developer community Ron. You will be missed here. And agreed - Hamish is definitely the right guy to take over the job.
I'll also highlight at the same time that folks might have better chance reaching me through [URL="http://discussions.nokia.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/539133"]here[/URL] nowadays, though I'm still occasionally reading this DiBo also (and try to maintain a few things in the wiki).
@Ron:
As the day of your retirement is coming closer day by day, the feeling of something loosing is getting tough. You are the pillar of this community. The things which we saw in the front are the results of all your efforts which you had put to make this community what it is today. So Hats off to you.
We will always miss you. :)
@Hamish:
Congratulations for your new role. Also, Best of luck for your upcoming challenges. :)
Congratulations Hamish for your new role in this community. :)