thank you both. i enjoyed seeing jan-bart beeing the movements best man in many situations. and i appreciated money talks and croissant with stu, who was open to globalize the movement in a financial aspect while always paying attention that it does not become FIFA. some videos from sunny haifa and netherlands: * stu, mr decentralization: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ULO0ppoxBs8&t=2951 * jan-bart, mr 1 mio $$, and stu, mr 100 years: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ULO0ppoxBs8&t=3912 * jan-bart, mr stroupwaffel: https://youtu.be/5C0aNWfwaaw?t=835 * jan-bart, mr hiring sue gardner: https://youtu.be/eCrMJMh4gX0?t=25
best, rupert On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 1:12 AM, Florence Devouard <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for this message Lodewijk ! > > I would like to join the messages already posted to thank both Stu and > Jan-Bart. I was on the board when we ask them to join us and I have no > memory of ever regretting that decision ;) > > I wish you both the best ! > JB, can we expect to see you in Italy next summer ? I sure hope so... > > Anthere > > Le 06/01/16 08:10, Lodewijk a écrit : > > While we have long discussions on this list about board composition, we >> seem to almost ignore the fact that two long time veterans are leaving the >> Wikimedia Foundation board, as scheduled. Jan-Bart de Vreede and Stu West >> have been around longer than many regular editors nowadays, and I think >> there are not many people who can recall the days that the board didn't >> have them on it. I have never had the pleasure to serve on the board with >> them, but a little thank-you from our community side, would seem in place. >> >> Stu joined the board already in 2008 (filling Michael Davis' seat), and >> has >> been a solid power on the board's audit responsibilities (I believe he >> chaired the audit committee for quite a while) and was a force behind the >> accountability of movement affiliates. While we often strongly disagreed >> on >> affiliate issues, I appreciate the fact that he always remained >> constructive and wanted to think about solutions rather than problems. He >> served both as treasurer and vice chair. >> >> Jan-Bart was on the board even longer, since early 2007, and I recall >> already working with him through Kennisnet (a Dutch foundation for >> education and IT) before that. Jan-Bart is one of those rare people who >> went to ALL wikimania conferences, and can be easily recognised there with >> his big smile. I can't remember a theme Jan-Bart didn't work on in the >> past >> years (Affiliates, HR, searching a new Executive Director) and he served >> the board in many positions, including as chair. >> >> I'm sure that the WMF communications staff and/or board has a nice >> thankyou >> coming up - with a more accurate description of the awesome work they did, >> that I now made up from the top of my head. But in the mean time, I'd like >> to do it myself: Thank you Jan-Bart and Stu for all the time, energy and >> effort that you poured into our movement. I know that not all of us >> appreciate this as much as we perhaps should, and sometimes you may even >> have perceived us as hostile. I do sincerely hope that you had fun with us >> though, and I'm confident that you made a big dent in our impossible >> mission of sharing the sum of all knowledge with everyone. >> >> I hope to meet you again soon, at least in Italy at Wikimania, and I hope >> to see you around in our movement in many different ways. >> >> Best, >> >> Lodewijk >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> New messages to: [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 > New messages to: [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 New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
