Hi All, It has been an honour, this movement and its goals is one of the greatest things in the world and I am glad to be a part of it. The diversity of opinion is enormous which sometimes makes things hard, but at the same time that is one of our biggest strengths. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to get to know so many of you and am sure that I will continue to contribute in some way and meet a lot of you again.
I have been mulling over a longer message with some more reflections over the past days but I think I need a couple more weeks to formulate that properly. Here is hoping to see a lot of you at Wikimania! Thank you! Jan-Bart > On 07 Jan 2016, at 06:17, rupert THURNER <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
