FreePBX Project Leadership Update

Happy Friday all. Today marks my final day as an employee at Sangoma.

Nothing major, just looking to have a bit of a rest and consider some options while I enjoy some summer weather.

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A big thank-you Lorne from me. (Bet you get more)

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Do y’all know the effort and amount of maple syrup it took to get @lgaetz to be on the team? Me neither there is an NDA but I have a hint

Any way all the best and know FreePBX is better with you.

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I have appreciated your positive, thoughtful contributions to forum discussion, your code & dialplan snippets and hacks, and your leadership of the project. Thanks, @lgaetz !

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End of an era. You have truly been amazing in all faucets. You really helped me on day one (knowing nothing about Asterisk or FreePBX), and never stopped after. Your responses and ideas, and your general encouragement to everyone in the forum moved mountains. You had profound impacts, not only just with us, but also with the customers and people you touched, through us.

There have been many transitions, and while those are never easy, they can also be quite hard. You helped keep things stable and moving during that time. I don’t think things would be where they are without you. Thanks for everything!

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Lorne,
Another Big thank you your way… countless others and I appreciate your contributions through the years.

-Taylor Letham

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Thank you @lgaetz for all of your insightful interactions on this forum, and for steering the FreePBX ship recently. Hope to continue seeing you here, and best of luck to you in your new endeavors!

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So… who is minding the store now?

All the best @lgaetz ! Much appreciate your great work / help for many years. Thanks!

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Thank you @lgaetz I always looked out for your comments on forum and felt reassured always by your response.

May God always keep you talented and helpful.

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As mentioned in the blog @jcolp oversees all the open source initiatives at Sangoma and @kgupta will be looking after FreePBX

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Lorne, Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you for your patience you had towards myself and the rest of the community. I can confidently say that part of my expertise is to thank your guidance!

I’m wishing you the best of luck on your next adventure.

-PitzKey

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Thank you Lorne for all of your expert guidance and assistance over the years! I am sure you will be missed by all who had the pleasure of working with you. Wishing you great success in all of your future endeavors!

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Lorne,
I too owe you a great deal of thanks. Your assistance was appreciated so much. We’re a tiny little spec in the FreePBX world and you taking the time to help us when our system wasn’t right was much appreciated. As was all the assistance I’ve seen you give here in the community.

I’m not far from knocking on some new doors myself. There’s both fear and excitement in doing so. May your new adventures turn out to be full of the good kind of excitement. As for the rest, it’s overrated.

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Thank you, @lgaetz, for all of your help! I hope to continue seeing you here. Best of luck with your new adventures!

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All the time I’ve looked for @lgaetz posts for help.

Thank you for the clarity and best wishes on your future endeavors.

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Thanks a lot @lgaetz for bringing high standards to freePBX/Sangoma! I hope you leaving doesn’t mean that the decisions of the current CEO are bad for freePBX (& Sangoma?). I already miss you…

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Thanks, @lgaetz for all that you’ve done for our community. I’ve enjoyed working with you over the years and look forward to our paths crossing again - I expect they will.

Until then, so long, and thanks for all the fish!

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(Very clever at the second derivative @mwhite !! , hope I can afford to buy both of you a beer at Milliways one day)

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