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Lauren,

It has been fantastic to work with you all these years! +1 to everything Mark said (and wow! What a tribute! Well deserved and so well said!!!)  Thank you for your leadership in the community and Ambassador programs, and for your help creating the AUC and giving the User Groups the forums to get important work done. 

I have really enjoyed collaborating with you. And I hope you are staying “in the family” so that our paths can continue to cross in a significant way! (Does anyone ever really leave open source?) #Community! ;)

Congratulations on whatever your new new thing is. They are lucky to have you!

And yes, we will raise a glass a mile high on your birthday!!!! :)

Thanks, and cheers to my sister and partner-in-open-source crime! ;)

Abrazos y besos,
Lisa


> On Mar 23, 2019, at 10:02 AM, 王惠民 <joseph.w at inwinstack.com> wrote:
> 
> Lauren
> 
> Thank you very much for all your efforts, we will miss you. Good luck and please keep in contact.
> 
> 
> 
> Best regards
> Joseph Wang
> inwinSTACK
> 
> Jaesuk Ahn <bluejay.ahn at gmail.com <mailto:bluejay.ahn at gmail.com>> 於 2019年3月23日 週六 上午8:26 寫道：
> Lauren, 
> 
> You have been the best of best for this community. 
> I sincerely appreciate everything you have done for us, especially for the community here in Korea. 
> 
> You have been a strong supporter and friend to grow this community. 
> Personally, it has been great joy to work with you. :) 
> 
> I will be in Denver, celebrating your birthday and beginning of new chapter in your life. 
> 
> 
> P.S. Lauren, unfortunately, I am not on WeChat. But, if you’re on kakao chat, I can send you a great stickers. = )
>  
> 
> 
> On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 8:21 AM Mark Collier <mark at openstack.org <mailto:mark at openstack.org>> wrote:
> Lauren,
> 
> I've witnesses first hand how your contributions to openstack have meant so 
> much to so many people in this community, all over the world.
> 
> Early on we laid out what seemed (to me) like ambitious goals, like 
> building a community of dozens of people from 5 or 6 companies, to build 
> some open source software components in hopes of ensuring that open source 
> was a credible force in the future of automated cloud infrastructure.
> 
> I quickly realized that with your insatiable ambition and belief in our 
> mission, unparalleled creative thinking, and compassion for the people we 
> serve, our initial goals were actually conservative! Take it from me: no 
> one sets the bar higher than Lauren Sell! I've never seen anything like it 
> in my [checks calendar] pretty darn long career.
> 
> Here we are 9 years later, with 100,000 members in 187 countries, with an 
> open source developer community that in 2018 alone was one of the 3 most 
> active on the planet! Right up their with the Linux kernel and Chromium. Wow!
> 
> Had I known the force of nature we had on our side with Lauren, we'd never 
> have aimed so low :)
> 
> I know, I know... No one person made this happen. That's the whole point of 
> the power of our community, right? But I'm not going to pass up the 
> opportunity to recognize Lauren for being, in my humble (yet fixed) opinion 
> a unique and singular force, without which I firmly believe we'd never be 
> where we are today. A world where open source is more ubiqiutous than ever, 
> with greater participation across users, developers, and massive multi 
> billion dollar ecosystems.
> 
> In summary: no one raises the bar like Lauren Sell. She a leader in open 
> source, a leader in tech, and a leader in whatever she puts her mind to.
> 
> She also happens to be a friend, and an all around bad ass, who I know I 
> can always rely on. I know many of you know exactly what I'm talking about.
> 
> We fully expect to see you in Denver, and to cheer you on in your next 
> journey, wherever that takes you!
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> On March 22, 2019 3:20:36 PM Lauren Sell <lauren at openstack.org <mailto:lauren at openstack.org>> wrote:
> 
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I have bittersweet news. After 9 years working with the OpenStack 
> > community, it’s time for the next chapter in my career. I’ll be wrapping up 
> > my work at the Foundation over the coming weeks, but the good news is that 
> > we’ve built a strong bench at the Foundation to continue executing on our 
> > mission!
> >
> > This community means so much to me, and I’ve enjoyed this job and working 
> > with all of you more than I can express. We spend a significant amount of 
> > our lives working, which is why I feel so fortunate to love my work and the 
> > people I work with. And from Snowden to Snowpenstack, it definitely hasn’t 
> > been boring!
> >
> > I can’t emphasize enough how this is a true community. It’s not just open 
> > source code. It’s not just a bunch of logos on a slide. It’s a group of 
> > people who have built an incredible platform and culture of collaboration. 
> > We’ve had some really amazing wins and some tough days, but we’ve been in 
> > it together and have made such a huge impact on the industry. Most of all, 
> > I’m proud that we’ve always gone high and stuck to our values, even when 
> > others try to tear us down.
> >
> > I’m FULLY invested in and passionate about this community and will do 
> > everything in my power to continue contributing and supporting everyone. In 
> > fact, I will be at the Denver Summit to cheer everyone on and help where I 
> > can, so please say hi and selfishly come celebrate my birthday with me on 
> > Tuesday the 30th :)
> >
> > Going forward, if you need anything from the Foundation marketing team, 
> > please reach out to marketing at openstack.org <mailto:marketing at openstack.org> to reach Wes Wilson, Allison 
> > Price and others. And of course Jonathan and Mark are always available to 
> > help with anything.
> >
> > Thank you again for all of your work, your support, your friendship. If we 
> > don’t catch up in Denver, I’m always a phone call or DM or email away. 
> > Please don’t hesitate to reach out!
> >
> > All the best,
> > Lauren
> >
> > Personal contact info:
> > email: laurenenis at gmail.com <mailto:laurenenis at gmail.com>
> > cell: 713-398-8700
> > Twitter: @laurensell
> > Wechat: laurenlynsell
> >
> >
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