On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Stuart West <stuw...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's kind of an American thing I think. Many organizations here have Vice > Presidents, but instead of having a President have someone with the title CEO > or Executive Director instead. > > > On Jan 31, 2012, at 8:17 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> Erik took on the temporary title "VP of Engineering and Product Development" >> after Danese left.[1] Just recently it was codified on wmfwiki.[2] >> >> I don't really think much of job titles anywhere, but it seems strange to >> have a Vice President without having a President.[3] Mostly just noting for >> posterity. >> >> MZMcBride >> >> [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2011-June/054040.html >> [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?diff=78986&oldid=78985 >> [3] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff_and_contractors
The problem you have, there, is thinking "president" is a title in some historical inalienable sense. It isn't. Grammatically it can still be used in the plain sense as denoting "he who presides". -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
