🚀 go-pugleaf

    Lisa Covi has decided to return to school, to pursue graduate work
next fall.  In the intervening months she'll be touring the country,
camping, hiking, and visiting graduate schools to make her choice as to
which one to attend.  Then she'll work at a camp in Maine for the
summer, for a total change of pace before starting graduate school.
Lisa, we've enjoyed having you as a member of BITNIC, we wish you the
best as you head off to new endeavors!

    We'll be looking for the right person to replace Lisa here at the
BITNIC and would appreciate any suggestions you might care to send our
way.  The job description for Lisa's replacement, along with that of the
CREN Executive Director position, is posted in LISTSERV@BITNIC, in the
file CREN POSITION.  Thanks to action by the Board to increase BITNIC
staffing by half an FTE next fiscal year, Lisa's replacement will be
able to spend full-time on BITNIC and CREN activities, including new
software and services for CREN members.

    Some of Lisa's work will be handled by Yingying Zhou, who joined the
BITNIC team in October and has been helping develop internal software as
she became familiar with BITNET-specific operations and software such as
LISTSERV.  Some of you have already had assistance from Yingying, and
she'll be helping many more of you in the future.  We're pleased to have
Yingying on the BITNIC staff and believe you will be also as you get to
know her better.

               Jim