There has been a lot of talk lately about what the Eclipse community is and is not doing.  While I have no intention of going anywhere near that conversation, I did want to highlight something that makes me very proud to be part of this great community.  This month, the Eclipse community raised over $3,000 for men’s health issues, and that’s awesome!

Of course I’m talking about Movember!

David Green led all Mommitters with $740 raised.  Thanks David.  A big thank-you also goes out to Kevin Barnes who replied to my tweet on Oct 30th and motivated me to start the Mommitters. This would not have happened without you Kevin.  I also want to thank Kim Moir (and Kim Horne for the great suggestion) who helped get our Movember splash screen in the I-Builds.

All the Eclipse Mommitters also deserve a big thank-you for stepping up and growing a stache for charity.  You all looked terrific.

But the biggest thanks goes out to all the community members who stepped up with their wallets and donated a few bucks to a great cause.  Looking through the list of donations it was quite a diverse group of individuals.  As a community there may be things we can improve, but I think we should be very proud of this accomplishment.

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We’ve reached the 20th of Movember and its time for a progress report from this Eclipse Mommitter.

• Shaved in the ‘stache earlier in the week
• Kids just could not stop laughing
• Wife would not look at me or kiss me
• After a week there has been some progress.
• The kids have finally stopped laughing (though now “pull the ‘stache is the game of the day)
• Wife will kiss me but still can’t really look at me

Here, judge for yourself.

Its a little strange to be out in public with the new look. I spent much of the week on the road for the EclipseRT days in Austin and Toronto.  Great events with lots of good people around.  I particularly enjoyed that there were ample breaks between sessions and lots of good conversations. And it turns out that the whole Movember thing is a good ice-breaker.  Even got a donation out of it! Valentin Baciu, another Mommitter of similar moustache design donated more to the cause.  Thanks! The Eclipse Mommitter team is up to $2200 now.  Pretty good effort but we could always use more donations.

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We are 1/2 way through the month of Movember and I thought I would use this opportunity to update the status of my Mo. I have started with the “trucker” look, although this may change as the month progresses.

The Eclipse Momitters are doing well too. We have 12 team members and have raised over $1,500 for men’s health issues (like prostate cancer) — If you have a few minutes and can spare a few dollars, please consider donating to the cause.  To help raise awareness, Kim suggested we create a Movember splash screen for this weeks Eclipse integration build.

If you think you can do better, please bring your art work to bug 295192.

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