[Esip-drupal] Congrats to our new ESIP Drupal Working Group co-chairs!

[Adam Shepherd]

Hi ESIP Drupalists,

I just want to echo David's sentiments and say that I am really excited about this upcoming year! I also want to thank Bruce for his direction and leadership, and David and I look forward to "climbing the mountain" with all of you.

I want to share one aspect of the vision I have for the ESIP Drupal Working Group. It stems from a talk Kathy Sierra gave at the Business of Software Conference in 2009 (http://konigi.com/notebook/kathy-sierra-creating-awesome-users). In discussing how an organization/business can sustain customer loyalty she said, the key is to not make better tools, but to make better `users` of tools. For her, the focus is on the people themselves - the relationships we build together, the discussions we have, the knowledge sharing and problem solving we encourage and undertake together. I call these things the `mojo` of ESIP. As Kathy describes , this focus helps users feel awesome and powerful when they use her software.  Part of my vision for the ESIP Drupal Working Group is that its members feel awesome when using Drupal, but also feel awesome about being part of the ESIP community! #buildthemojo

David and I will be in touch soon, but in the meantime, if you have any thoughts or ideas you'd like to share, give us a shout at:esip-drupal at lists.esipfed.org. Always feel free to contact me directly. Take care!

cheers, Adam

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On Jan 14, 2014, at 10:59 AM, David Bassendine <david at bluedotlab.org> wrote:

> Hi Bruce, and ESIP Drupalists,
> 
> Thanks, Bruce, for all your work moving the group forward over the past few years. I for one greatly appreciate this software focused forum being open and available within the ESIP community.
> 
> I'm really looking forward to working with Adam and you all to grow the community, make new connections and learn from each other how better to apply Drupal and other web technologies to Earth science applications. It promises to be a fun and satisfying year!
> 
> Happy New Year! David
> 
> 
> 
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> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Bruce Caron <bruce at tnms.org> wrote:
> Hello ESIP drupalistas
> 
> Happy New Year!
> 
> At the Winter meeting the working group elected Adam Shepherd and David Bassendine to be co-chairs for the coming year.
> 
> We appreciate their willingness to serve, and look forward to a lot of great interactions and new information about working with Drupal!
> 
> cheers
> 
> bruce
> 
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