<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><span style="color:rgb(55,64,78);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:18px">"Once you choose hope, anything's possible." - Christopher Reeve</span><div>
<font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(55,64,78);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:18px">When the world says, "Give up,"</span><br style="color:rgb(55,64,78);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:18px">
<span style="color:rgb(55,64,78);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:18px">Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."</span></div><div><font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px"><br>
</span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(55,64,78);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:18px">"Some see a hopeless end, while others see an endless hope."</span></div>
<div><font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px"><br></span></font></div><div><div style><font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px">Having the above said, I have decided to choose hope and never give up nor surrender. I refuse to lose against Real Life and as much achievements as I have done so far in Linux World, I can take that to Real Life and fight over there too. I will never lose, I don't lose, I always win because I decided to choose hope.</span></font></div>
<div style><font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px"><br></span></font></div><div style><font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px">No further action from anyone is required. I shall remain on my roles and by the way Phill, it is not only the media stuff I'm doing, I'm doing much more :D</span></font></div>
<div style><font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px">However, I also decided to focus on the important stuff. Issues I have proved over and over again, endless repeated debates, answering the same questions, etc ... I will not go into these anymore. </span></font></div>
<div style><font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px"><br></span></font></div><div style><font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px">My main focus will be, beside my roles:</span></font></div>
<div style><font color="#37404e" face="lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px">1- Projects - sub projects for Lubuntu.</span></font></div><div style><span style="color:rgb(55,64,78);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px">2- Support </span></div>
<div style><span style="color:rgb(55,64,78);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px">3- Documentations </span></div><div style><span style="color:rgb(55,64,78);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px">4- Communications </span></div>
<div style><span style="color:rgb(55,64,78);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px">5- Testing (ONLY if I have enough time for that).</span></div><div style><br></div><div style>
Thank you for the wonderful Emails I have received (were sent directly to me) and for your great wishes. Perhaps these wishes helped a lot to make up my mind :D</div><div style><br></div><div style>I consider this as the first step to fight back and win ;)</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Have a wonderful day!</div><div style><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:02 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amjjawad@gmail.com" target="_blank">amjjawad@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Lubuntu Community,<div><br></div><div>
I can't believe I'm writing this email.</div><div><br></div><div>Now I have come to the cross-roads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew, but I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard.<br clear="all">
<div><br></div><div>Yes, the above is a quote from "Scent of a Woman" [1] but it match 100% my situation right now.</div><div><br></div><div>I have come to the cross-roads in my 'Real Life'. I must now decide:</div>
<div><br></div><div>1- To carry on with Lubuntu with whatever I was doing all these months/years </div><div><br></div><div>OR</div><div><br></div><div>2- Resign.</div><div><br></div>
<div>I will think deeper about this 'hard' decision and get back to you.</div><div>Please, consider this as a note.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure if I updated my Wiki Page with ALL my Lubuntu Activities but I hope it will tell you what I've been doing: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>If I resign, you guys need someone to fill my place.</div><div><br></div><div>This is as a notice. I do have a commitment with all of you. So, I can not just walk away and leave without any notice. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I will take a break. I was not away for a vacation or something by the way. For more than two weeks, I had the hardest days in my life with so many decisions, actions, etc.</div><div>
Now, I need to take a real break from the internet and all my activities and see what to do.</div><div><br></div><div>I do hope that I can come up with a plan for my real life so that I can still carry on with Lubuntu. Fingers Crossed.</div>
<div>If that could not be done due to real life itself, then I have to leave.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you will accept me once again in case I left and wanted to re-join :)</div><div><br></div>
<div>Will let you know about my final decision.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you! </div><div><br></div><div>[1] - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105323/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105323/<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">Best Regards,</span></b><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/" target="_blank">amjjawad</a></span></b><br>
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