Administrivia X-Post: Farewell

From: Hal Flynn (flynn_at_securityfocus.com)
Date: 03/05/04

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To: focus-sun@securityfocus.com, focus-linux@securityfocus.com, focus-bsd@securityfocus.com, focus-unix-other@securityfocus.com

    Hi folks,

    I'm writing to bid you all farewell. After 3 and one-half years
    of work and list moderation here with SecurityFocus, today is my
    final day with the company. After much soul-searching, I've opted
    to take a position in the Middle East, and will be relocating there
    within the next few months.

    We've had some really good discussions here, and have all been able
    to learn from one another. I've been graced with exchanging e-mail
    with many of you, and have had the pleasure to even get to know
    some of you at more than just a list-member level. I want to
    express my sincerest gratitude to all of you for your participation
    in the list forums.

    I am comfortable with this changing of the guard, as I've been able
    to select my successors. I'm leaving the management of the lists
    in the hands of not one, but two moderators. It has actually been
    them that have been running the lists for the last couple weeks, as
    they've been attempting to get comfortable with the natural flow of
    things.

    I leave the lists in the hands of Bartek Kostanecki, and Jason
    Miller. Where as I am a member of the Symantec Vulnerability
    Analyst team, Bartek and Jason are both members of the Symantec
    ARIS team. I've had the pleasure of working with them extensively,
    and gotten to know them both personally. They are two gentlemen
    who stand out in their respective field, and have earned my trust.
    In short, I am leaving the lists in good hands.

    It has been a pleasure and an honor serving you all as your
    moderator. Thank you all for your participation, opinions, and
    professionalism. Fair winds, and following seas!

    Sincerely,
    Hal Flynn 

    -- 
Hal Flynn
Symantec Corp.
"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars
and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its
fighting done by fools." - Thucydides
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