Hello everyone,
For those of you who were not already aware, Wednesday, December 30, 2015 was my last day on staff at AAVSO Headquarters.
The chance to serve the AAVSO and its community has been one of the best and most rewarding experiences I've ever had. I'm grateful to have been able to serve both the AAVSO and the scientific community for so long. It was an honor and a privilege to have worked here to support the work that you all do.
More than the science it enables, the AAVSO is also its people, and I've never been a part of a community like this. Thank you all so, so much for your friendship and enthusiasm over the past 13 years, and for more kindnesses than I can count by so many of you. It's hard to put into words, but the AAVSO means a great deal to me, and it always will.
Clear skies, & best wishes to all,
Matthew
for all your hard work for the organization! It has been a pleasure working with you, and I look forward to working with you again in the future in some other capacity.
Kris Larsen
Thank you Matt, for your never ending enthusiasm, your true interest in the people of the AAVSO community and the work they are dealing with, and my personnal sincere "thank you" for your help and support when I had some kind of scientific problem/question I couldn't handle myself. I hope you will find the same happiness and satisfaction in your future work! So I wish you all the best and ... clear skies!
Bart (SBL)
Thank you for your devotion Matt.
All the best
Miguel
Matt,
Darn but I will miss you and all your quick responses and hard work.
I am sadened by your departure but as others have said, I sure hope you will remain close to the AAVSO and I sure wish you the very best with your future endeavors.
Tim Crawford, CTX
Matt, your departure is a loss for AAVSO and all of us who are involved with VSO. I fondly remember your kindness and timely responses in our interactions. Employment is truly the "fickle finger of fate" and I wish you success and happiness in your future endeavors.
Please continue to observe and submit personal observations, wherever you may end up going :)
Take care my friend,
Mike
Matt you have been incredibly helpful to me over the years! You will be missed! I wish you well in the years ahead!
Paul Temple
I am one of the newest members of AAVSO and the 2nd so from Pakistan and I can honestly say the feeling I get everytime I submit data to AAVSO, that is good quality data taken from a country where only 2 people are providing data for the worldwide pool, myself included, I owe the motivation and drive to keep doing good for the astronomy community, of which I am a part, to people like you who work tirelessly to make sure these data sets matter and the tradition of variable star astronomt continues in the amateur community which has taken a flight of its own!
Thank you again for your efforts!
Future Astronomer,
Roshaan Bukhari
Observer Code: BROE
Hello Matt
Thanks you for your many years of service and help over the years. I wish you the best, and as Bil Goff said, I hope you remain a friend of the aavso and come to the meetings and say hello.
Gary
Matthew,
Thank you for all your hard work and help over the years to incorporate the BAA VSS observations into the AAVSO International Database. A mammoth undertaking by both you are Sara which is of huge benefit to both organisations and the astronomical community.
All the best for the future,
Andy Wilson (BAA VSS Database Secretary)
Thank you for all the work you've done over the years for the AAVSO, and thank you for all the help and encouragement you've given to me personally. You've been a wonderful teacher.
Phil
Your encouragement
Matthew
Your encouragement has always been appreciated. I enjoyed our interactions over the last few years.
All the best for the future and as others have said, I hope you'll stay in contact with AAVSO. It'd be great to hear about what you've moved onto at some time.
David
Thank you Matthew and all the best for you!
Frank
DFR
Matt,
You will be missed. Thank you for your service and dedication to the AAVSO.
Best wishes to you in your future endeavors!
Matt,
Thanks for your long service to the AAVSO...as I have found and you mention in your post, once AAVSO is in your blood, it is there to stay. Best of luck in your new efforts, don't hestitate to contact me if you I can help in any way, and I know I will see you around in the future at AAVSO meetings or the AAS...all the best!
Kevin.