On February 27, as a board member of Duraspace, a non-profit company, established in New York State, I voted “yes” to merge Duraspace with LYRASIS. The board vote will result in the end of Duraspace’s existence as an independent non-profit. The new combined organization (LYRASIS) will continue to support open source software projects through its new Duraspace Community Supported Projects Division. Erin Tripp, currently CEO of Duraspace, will lead this new division as an employee of LYRASIS.
As a board member of Duraspace, I needed to do the right thing for the people and projects served by Duraspace. As the project director of one of those projects, I needed to do the right thing for the project. As it turned out, the right thing to do was to vote yes to merge. I will not be a board member of the new organization.
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