[dundee] Congratulations to Arron

[Robert Ladyman]

Careful, or he'll need a 10-gallon hat.

> Congratulations Arron :D
> 
> It's about time someone recognised all the work and effort you've put into
> the society and opensource promotion as a whole.
> 
> Well deserved :)
> 
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Arron M Finnon <finux at finux.co.uk> wrote:
> >  Rick Moynihan wrote:
> >
> > 2009/11/24 Hazel McKendrick <dreamisdead0 at gmail.com>
> > <dreamisdead0 at gmail.com>:
> >
> >
> >  Since I figured he's probably going to be too modest to make a post
> > about this himself, huge congratulations to Arron for winning at an
> > award at the Open Source Awards for “Exemplary advocacy of Open Source
> > software”.
> >
> > I'm sure everyone will agree, given all the work he has done at
> > Abertay Linux Society and SFD, he really deserves this recognition.
> > http://www.finux.co.uk/blog/?p=55
> >
> > Good job :D
> >
> >
> >  Yes, congratulations Arron, hopefully the award in some way
> > compensates for all those years herding cats... I mean errr Linux
> > geeks!  It's clear that under Arron's stewardship we've become (by
> > far) one of the most successful Linux groups in the UK; something
> > which is perhaps indicative of how hard a job it is!  Arron's proved
> > that herding cats is indeed possible... and thankfully that you don't
> > have to be EDS to do it:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk7yqlTMvp8
> >
> > Purely by chance I happened to meet one of the awards organisers
> > (Alastair Broom) at a management course on Friday/Saturday and he
> > spoke very highly... maybe even enviously? :-) of the Dundee Linux
> > scene.  So again, congratulations to Arron and everyone else who make
> > the Dundee Linux/FLOSS scene what it is!
> >
> > R.
> >
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> >
> >    Well thanks guys for all the kind messages of congratulations.  As
> > I've said before i was taken a bit by surprise for the whole thing, from
> > start to end.  I'm very proud to have played a part in the growth of the
> > Linux Society, and to witness the rejuvenation of TayLUG.  I played such
> > a small part in the end, and without sound like an ubuntu community
> > manager, it really is all down to the community.  I suppose really what
> > i'm saying is if there wasn't a need for it to be happening then we
> > wouldn't have had a reason to do it.
> >
> > I echo Rick's sentiments about really its everyone that contributes to
> > our linux community, and it is a community we should be proud of.
> >
> > Thanks Guys
> >
> > --
> > Arron "finux" Finnon
> > Finux.co.uk/blog - Twitter.com/f1nux - facebook.com/finux
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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