Hi, Just a short note from me (currently stuck in Cologne due to cancelled trains ;(
After being fortunate enough to have been able to serve four years as Vice Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation and the departure of Michael I was not as enthousiastic about being the vice chair again. The board reflected on this and decided to elect Stuart (and I am grateful that he stepped up to be a candidate). So no special reason and I think that the new officer team will have a great fresh start to help guide the rest of the board through the coming exciting year. Just to make sure I am clear on this... this is not a farewell to the board or anything like that for me, I serve at the request of the rest of the board, and will most likely be available to do so again next year if called upon :) Its an honor to be part of such a great endeavour and being at Wikimania re-affirmed my strong beliefs that this is an incredible movement with enormous potential! Jan-Bart PS: And yes: Stuart is treasurer because he has that specific skill. PS2: I know everyone has probably already said it, but thanks SO much to the people that made this Wikimania possible On 12 jul 2010, at 19:39, James Alexander wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> « Is it possible for Board members hold two officer positions >> simultaneously? >> Yes, although this is the first time this has happened.» >> >> ( >> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/July_2010_WMF_Announces_Changes_to_the_Board_QandA >> ) >> But the real question is: why Jan-Bart is no more the Vice-Chair? >> >> Nemo >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > Officer positions are elected yearly. With the other changes it wouldn't > surprise me if Jan didn't want to be anymore (it appears they nominate > themselves) and/or just everyone thought it would be better to mix up the > officer positions (All of them changed except for Treasurer, which makes > sense since Stuart was appointed to the board specifically as Treasurer > after a search). > > > James Alexander > [email protected] > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
