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Simon, 
Thank you for your great works on the board and I've enjoyed working with you. We will miss you.

Jonathan, Welcome aboard!.

Tsugikazu Shibata

>-----Original Message-----
>From: 小幡昇 / OBATA，NOBORU [mailto:noboru.obata.ar at hitachi.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:23 AM
>To: Simon Anderson; foundation-board at lists.openstack.org;
>goldmembers at lists.openstack.org
>Cc: Jonathan LaCour
>Subject: Re: [Gold Members] DreamHost Board Member Change
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>Simon, thank you for all of your help.  We will miss you.
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>Noboru OBATA (noboru.obata.ar at hitachi.com
><mailto:noboru.obata.ar at hitachi.com> )
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>From: Simon Anderson [mailto:simon at dreamhost.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 8:44 AM
>To: foundation-board at lists.openstack.org; goldmembers at lists.openstack.org
>Cc: Jonathan LaCour; Simon Anderson
>Subject: [Gold Members] DreamHost Board Member Change
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>OpenStack Board colleagues and Gold members,
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>After 4.5 years with DreamHost as CEO, the DreamHost Board and I are agreeing that
>I will step down as CEO effective November 25, 2015.
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>It's been a fantastic 4+ years in the role, and I have so appreciated being a part of
>forming the OpenStack Foundation, representing Gold members on the Board, and
>collaborating with the community and each of you to build OpenStack into what it is
>today.
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>I will still be very involved in OpenStack as a community member and through Akanda,
>the major contributor to the OpenStack Astara network virtualization and services
>orchestration project. As many of you know I co-founded Akanda in 2014 and Chair the
>Board, as well as being an investor.
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>The DreamHost Board has nominated Jonathan LaCour, VP Cloud at DreamHost, as my
>replacement Gold member Director. Jonathan is copied on this email and will engage
>directly with Gold members and the Board from this point on and I am sure you will find
>him a great successor to yours truly.
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>Thanks again for all the great times, debates, big ideas and teamwork. There will be
>many more together!
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>My personal email is simonkanderson at gmail.com
><mailto:simonkanderson at gmail.com>  and my cell is 310-600-1452. Feel free to
>reach out anytime, and see you at a future OpenStack event.
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>Best,
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>Simon Anderson
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>CEO, DreamHost