From: Matthew Moss <matt@...>
Date: 2009-01-15T08:37:31+09:00
Subject: Quizmaster Retiring: Revenge of the Sith

Sorry for the dorky subject line...

A bit over a year ago, mid-November of 2007, James Gray announced he  
was retiring as the Ruby Quiz master. He had run the quiz for nearly  
three years, a wonderful achievement enjoyed by many Rubyists here.

Almost a year ago, mid-February of 2008, I began an attempt to follow  
in his footsteps. Sad to say, though, I only lasted about 10 months.  
As of now, I need to retire from running the Ruby Quiz.

When I started, I had made some changes in my personal life (incl.  
quitting my job) that allowed me the time to write up quizzes and  
summaries every week. However, nearly a year later, my personal  
circumstances have changed again, and I will be unable to dedicate the  
time necessary to run further Ruby Quizzes. Some of this has already  
manifested by way of skipped weeks and late quizzes/submissions.

Hopefully, I've done reasonably well following James' incredible  
effort. I also hope that, perhaps, there will be another quizmaster to  
take up from where I left off. I certainly hope so; I may not be able  
to run the quiz any longer, but I'd still love to participate in some  
of the lighter quizzes to follow.

Apologies to everyone that I must step down, but also many thanks to  
everyone for participating and making RQ2 very enjoyable.

-- Matthew Moss


P.S. For those who would consider taking the reigns, I can provide the  
Ruby scripts (cgi, not Rails) used to run the current site at <http://splatbang.com/rubyquiz/ 
 >. As for hosting, I am open to several possibilities.