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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Good day.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">After a lengthy
period of consideration, i have decided to move on from Red Hat,
and
as such, step down from the board as well as out of the community
lead role.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">GlusterFS is a
vibrant technology. It has the ability to change the nature of
globalized file systems, and to help deliver the every increasing
needs for files and storage in a cloud driven, IoT world. And it
needs a community lead to be deeper technology-wise, while
retaining
a the ability to lead a community to deliver ever better, ever
more
stable releases. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">The community team
building ever better versions of GlusterFS have been outstanding.
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">So while I am
leaving for a new adventure, rest assured that it will have open
sources roots somewhere, I know I'm leaving GlusterFS ready for
its
next steps.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">We will be
determining who will be stepping into the board seat held by Red
Hat
and working on enhancing the overall community.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Over the next few
months, we will be searching for the right person to take over the
new and revitalized Gluster community lead role. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Dave McAllister<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:davemc@linux.com">davemc@linux.com</a><br>
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