Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Board news

2012-09-20 Thread Deryck Chan
Thanks Roger for more than a year of service. It's disappointing to see him finally go - his encouraging words in Bristol and Haifa last year (along the lines of "you need balls to be cool and do outreach") was what kept me going in my Wikimedia outreach despite all kinds of disappointment. [cynic

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Board news

2012-09-20 Thread Thomas Dalton
Thank you, Roger. I regret that you have chosen your work with the government of Gibraltar over your work with Wikimedia UK, but we all have to eat! On Sep 20, 2012 5:57 PM, "Chris Keating" wrote: > Dear all, > > We have posted two items on the Wikimedia UK blog today, one announcing > the appoin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Board news

2012-09-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 20 September 2012 17:57, Chris Keating wrote: > Wikimedia UK would like to announce that Roger Bamkin has stepped down as a > Trustee. How terribly sad (and unfortunately worded). -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wik

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Board news

2012-09-20 Thread James Farrar
A victory for the trolls who wish the project ill. On Sep 20, 2012 5:57 PM, "Chris Keating" wrote: > Dear all, > > We have posted two items on the Wikimedia UK blog today, one announcing > the appointment of Saad Choudri as a co-opted Trustee, the other announcing > the resignation of Roger Bamki

[Wikimediauk-l] Board news

2012-09-20 Thread Chris Keating
Dear all, We have posted two items on the Wikimedia UK blog today, one announcing the appointment of Saad Choudri as a co-opted Trustee, the other announcing the resignation of Roger Bamkin. The text of the statements is as follows, and they can also be seen online at: http://blog.wikimedia.org.u