Hi All-
I want to let you all know that I will be leaving Unidata at the end of
May to take a new position at the Climate Analysis Branch of NOAA
starting June 1. It's a great opportunity for me to expand my horizons
and possibly employ the IDV in the climate sciences. I hope to continue
to keep my fingers in the IDV and VisAD development as time permits.
I have thoroughly enjoyed working with you over the years to develop and
improve the IDV. The IDV embodies community developed software and we
have always (and will continue to) value your input and support. My
personal e-mail is donald.r.murray at gmail.com if you want to stay in
touch.
I know the timing is difficult given Jeff McWhirter's departure this
week, but I want to assure you that Unidata is committed to continued
support and development of the IDV. There is already a position open for
an IDV developer already at:
https://hostedjobs.openhire.com/epostings/submit.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfo&jobid=216741&company_id=15947&version=1&source=ONLINE&jobOwner=962107&aid=1
if any of you are interested.
In the meantime, Yuan Ho will be the main point of contact
(support-idv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) until someone new is hired. Since he
will be shouldering the support load without Jeff and me, please be
patient and use these lists to get help as well. There is a well
established IDV user base and these lists are an opportunity for you all
to contribute back.
We are planning a 2.9 release of the IDV before the end of the month.
This will primarily be a maintenance release but will include some new
features such as grid smoothing and new grid diagnostics.
Don
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Don Murray UCAR Unidata Program
dmurray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx P.O. Box 3000
(303) 497-8628 Boulder, CO 80307
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/donm
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