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Eclipse Community, Thanks!

Ian Bull — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:56:37 +0000

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.

20 days of Mommitting

Jeff McAffer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:53:47 +0000

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.

Movember, we’re 1/2 way there

Ian Bull — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:12:28 +0000

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.