Re: Retiring

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxx>]

I may have been.  I won the 50/50 raffle at CUDS and donated the funds to
COMMON.  The next morning we got the news about Al right there at COMMON.
I redirected the funds.

My.  That's been a while.


On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM robertowenberendt <
robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jeff, Weren't you one of the first, if not the first, contributor to the
> Al Barsa scholarship fund? Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
> -------- Original message --------From: Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 6/27/25  7:25 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: "Non-Technical Discussion about the
> IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)" <midrange-nontech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Retiring > Where was it we met in person? Nashville COMMON
> 2008?Yep!On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM Vern Hamberg via Midrange-NonTech <
> midrange-nontech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> Hearty congratulations,
> Jeff!>> Where was it we met in person? Nashville COMMON 2008?>> I've always
> appreciated your contributions here. Much thanks!>> *Best Regards*>> *Vern
> Hamberg*>> IBM Champion 2025 <cid:part1.Q6l2PYFo.BbOPhgz1@centurylink.net>
> CAAC> (COMMON Americas Advisory Council) IBM Influencer 2023>> On 6/27/2025
> 10:22 AM, Jeff Crosby wrote:> > Dilgard was acquired by Van Eerden
> Foodservice on March 1.> >> > Just passing along that I will be retiring
> July 31.  You won't be rid of> me> > though as I will be signing up for
> some of these lists with my personal> > email instead of my business
> email.> >> > July 31 here we come!> >> >> --> This is the Non-Technical
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