Hi Gilbert,
Same for me, I always appreciated so much your contributions and
discussions with the community here. I never thought about your position
being cut, it is a sad surprise...
I hope you will find a new position in the very near future, and that it
will be very satisfying and challenging!
Christian
On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:12 PM, Gilbert Sebenste <gilbert@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Victor, Rodger, Pete, Robert, Gerry, Ray:
>
>
>
> Thank you so much for the kind words. Although I am sad my time is ending
> here, I am now looking elsewhere to see if anyone else would appreciate
> someone who can do this, and a lot more. Although I was far from perfect, I
> gave it my best shot, and have been grateful to serve all of you.
>
>
>
> Gilbert
>
>
>
> *Gilbert Sebenste*
>
> Staff Meteorologist
>
>
>
> Environmental Health and Safety
>
> Labs for Wellness 154 | DeKalb, Illinois 60115
>
> 815-753-5492
>
> *gilbert@xxxxxxx <gilbert@xxxxxxx>*
>
> http://weather.admin.niu.edu
>
> Everyone. Home. Safely.
>
>
>
> [image: NIU]
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Victor Gensini <vgensini@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Monday, March 12, 2018 11:07 AM
> *To:* Gilbert Sebenste <gilbert@xxxxxxx>
> *Cc:* ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: [ldm-users] It is time...NIU Weather shutdown
>
>
>
> Gilbert,
>
>
>
> Your efforts cannot be thanked enough. You are a true example of what is
> possible when the community is engaged. I thank you for allowing me to run
> GEMPAK and answering shell questions many many years ago...in addition to
> helping be jumpstart LDM on atlas. You are part of the reason I am now
> involved with Unidata.
>
>
>
> FYI LDMers, there is an alternate feed from NIU now that I am in the
> department (atlas.niu.edu), and I’d be happy to add allows for anyone
> interested. No NOAAport, but we are on a 10 GB/s connection. Woohoo!
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> —————
>
> Vittorio (Victor) A. Gensini, Ph.D
>
> Assistant Professor
>
> Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences
>
> Davis Hall, Room 118
>
> Northern Illinois University
>
> DeKalb, IL 60115
>
> http://wcs.niu.edu
>
>
> On Mar 12, 2018, at 10:57 AM, Gilbert Sebenste <gilbert@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
>
> It has been a pleasure to serve the UNIDATA community over the last 20
> years here at NIU Weather.
>
> However, due to budget cuts, I regret that my position has been
> eliminated,
>
> and everything will be shut down on March 31, 2018. Please find alternate
> relay servers
>
> for NOAAport, level 2 radar, etc, from those who feed from me at
> weatherX.admin.niu.edu.
>
>
>
> I thank all of those who put time and effort in to help me with
>
> McIDAS, LDM, WXP, GEMPAK, and system administration questions
>
> and concerns over the years. And I profusely thank UNIDATA for
>
> all their help over the years in that regard, Steve Chizwell,
>
> Steve Emmerson, Tom Yoksas, Dan Vietor, and many others...
>
> thank you. To my upstream sites: David Wojtowicz, Pete Pokrandt,
>
> and too many to count across the country...thank you for letting
>
> me feed from all of you over these many years. It has been a
>
> terrific run, and few can say they have had the privilege and honor
>
> to interact or work with the caliber of people I have had the pleasure to
>
> work with over the years. I'd love to continue doing this
>
> for someone else full time, but we'll see what time and effort will bring!
>
>
>
> Have a great day, and thank you again to everyone here who has
>
> helped me, even in some very small way. It means more to me
>
> than you know!
>
>
>
> May all your winds be fair...no, wait. May all your cyclones
>
> bomb to 930 MB, with a raging blizzard and thundersnow that
>
> would cause Jim Cantore to cry on-air!
>
>
>
> Gilbert
>
>
>
> ************************************************************
> *******************
>
> Gilbert Sebenste
> ********
>
> (My opinions only!)
> ******
>
> Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University
> ****
>
> E-mail: gilbert@xxxxxxx ***
>
> web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu **
>
> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NIU_Weather **
>
> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/niu.weather *
>
> ************************************************************
> *******************
>
>
>
> And…
>
>
>
> *Gilbert Sebenste*
>
> Staff Meteorologist
>
>
>
> Environmental Health and Safety
>
> Labs for Wellness 154 | DeKalb, Illinois 60115
>
> 815-753-5492
>
> *gilbert@xxxxxxx <gilbert@xxxxxxx>*
>
> http://weather.admin.niu.edu
>
>
> Everyone. Home. Safely.
>
>
>
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