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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EOL" data-source="post: 103503" data-attributes="member: 823">Ryan Dancey sent the following out to the OGL Mailing list:------------------------Dear Friends, As you all know, WotC is downsizing today.  My personal sympathies go out to all involved.  These are tough times, filled with turbulence and discontent.  Hopefully the days ahead will be brighter.On a more personal note, as a part of their general effort to cut costs, they've decided to terminate my consulting agreement, as of today.There will be practical implications to that change.  First, I'm not going to be directly involved in the MasterTools development effort any more.  That responsibility will now be taken on by Peter Kim at Wizards (Peter.Kim@wizards.com).  I will continue to allow the MasterTools beta test list to be hosted on my servers, and the beta will continue under Peter's oversight.Second, I will not be meeting regularly with R&D on further SRD approvals.  The R&D team and I need to work out a system to finish that work without my direct oversight.  Anthony Valterra (zulkir@wizards.com) will now become your primary contact for all issues related to the OGL and the D20 System Trademark License as they apply to Wizards' product and policies.  This change is related primarily to personal issues between WotC and myself, and does not reflect WotC's continued commitment to the idea of Open Gaming, or to the release of the SRD in a complete format.  Unfortunately, due to this change, I will not be attending the WotC hosted OGL meeting at GAMA on Monday.  For obvious reasons, from this point forward, I do not speak on behalf of Wizards in any official capacity related to their Open Gaming efforts.I will continue to operate the Open Gaming Foundation, and the OGL mailing lists.  OrganizedPlay's license to operate the Living City campaign also continues without change.While I am sorry to see my official relationship with Wizards of the Coast end, it is my hope that you will all see a smooth transition and a minimum of disruption.Sincerely, Ryan S. Dancey CEO, OrganizedPlay (for information about Open Gaming, please visit <a href="http://www.opengamingfoundation.org" target="_blank">www.opengamingfoundation.org</a>) --------------------I for one am sad to see the person who started the OGL movement released by wizards, and while this is by no means the biggest layoff it is an important one.</blockquote>

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