Jan, Sorry to see you go - but we will of course see you in future, I'm sure. You won't get away that easily ;-)
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 8 October 2015 at 10:10, Erik Zachte <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Jan, > > Thank you very much for your immense contributions to the movement! > Not the least of those is your ability to be (and I quote Sandra Rientjes) > 'a source of sanity and calm'. > I can't vow for chapter meetings as Sandra does, but I have seen a lot of > that on public mailing lists. > Happy editing! > > Erik > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Anders Wennersten > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 11:09 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on > > It is almost on the day 8 years since Jan and I joined the first WMSE > board. And while we were many getting the chapters up and running, Jan did > in many ways play a crucial role. When we were in internal turmoil, it was > Jan who stepped in and took care of the critical task and saved the day. > And even more important it was Jan who early on spotted the opportunity in > the idea of the "new" chapters. And as an volunteer he and Holger spend > almost a year filling in application forms, budgets etc, which become the > excellent base for the fully fledged chapter that been here since > > Kudos for all what you have done and wishing you all the best for the > future! > > Anders > who still will meet you Wednesday when you once more will help me to > interwork with Wikidata, the valuable asset but oh so technically > complicated, but which you so well master > > > > > > > Den 2015-10-08 kl. 10:22, skrev Jan Ainali: > > All, > > > > For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for > > Wikimedia Sverige. Before that I have been Chairman, Treasurer and > > Secretary of the board (at different times) and have been involved > > since the founding of the chapter in 2007. It is perhaps even an > > understatement to say that the chapter has been a big part of my life. > > I have had the opportunity to be part of a fantastic journey from > > starting the first chapter’s activities to today, with stable > > strategic activities, seven people in the office, and a diversified > > board. It has been an awesome time in my life and I have met and > > worked with some truly wonderful persons along the way, and I am > > thankful to all of you that have made it so inspiring. But now, as my > > contract is about to come to an end, I feel that it is time for me to > > move on to new endeavours. I am confident that the chapter is already > > in good hands, with a professional board and an office with > > experienced staff members and functional processes, but I’ll be around > until at least the beginning of January to make it a smooth transition. > > > > I will obviously always be a wikimedian at heart and probably pick up > > on my editing again and I will also stay subscribed to most mailing > > lists. If not earlier, I’ll see you in Esino Lario. > > > > Best regards, > > > > *Jan Ainali* > > Executive director, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se> > > > > > > > > *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till > > mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* Bli medlem. > > <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
