Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimediaau-l Digest, Vol 46, Issue 15
Hi Steve, I want to state all my support for you, your fellow committee members and WMAU and wish you a great time. WMAU was always a chapter with interesting ideas and projects and I wish that the engagement to connect with other chapters and to-be-chapters will continue in future. /Manuel -- Regards Manuel Schneider Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge www.wikimedia.ch ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimediaau-l Digest, Vol 46, Issue 15
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:56 PM, wrote: > Also congratulations to Steve! I'm sure he will serve the Wikimedia > Australia community well and I'm sure his feet will fit in Brianna's pink > fluffy slippers! ;) > I must say, I'd be fully prepared to pay money to see Steve prancing around in pink fluffy girls slippers! :p ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimediaau-l Digest, Vol 46, Issue 15
I wish Brianna well into the future, without her I'm sure Wikimedia
Australia wouldn't be in the position it is today (Nothing like Government
red tape and bureaucratic brick walls) without her hard work (along with
the founding and current committee).
Also congratulations to Steve! I'm sure he will serve the Wikimedia
Australia community well and I'm sure his feet will fit in Brianna's pink
fluffy slippers! ;)
Robert M (AKA Bidgee)
On Mon, 10 May 2010 23:31:04 +1000, VirtualSteve
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have written a small private email to Brianna in support of her
> work, her style and her need to resign. I will add no more here but to
> concur with my colleagues in their well worded praise of her
> achievements.
>
> I also thank my fellow committee members for their unanimous support
> in my assuming the presidency. I will attempt to force my two rather
> large feet into Brianna's slippers. I fully intend to support the
> chapter, the committee and our loyal members to the best of my ability
> and I will be pleased if I can reach at least some semblance of the
> level of support that has been given by Brianna to the community prior
> to this date.
>
> Steve Peters
>
> On 10/05/2010, at 11:12 PM, wikimediaau-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org
> wrote:
>
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>> 2. Re: Committee changes (Sarah Ewart)
>> 3. Re: [wmau:members] Committee changes (Andrew)
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 22:31:08 +1000
>> From: Brianna Laugher
>> Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] Committee changes
>> To: "Wikimedia Australia members-only discussion list."
>>, Wikimedia-au
>>
>> Message-ID:
>>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Some news: on Sunday I resigned as president of Wikimedia Australia.
>> The ctte accepted my resignation and as per our Rules, appointed one
>> of the committee members to the office, who will serve until the next
>> AGM.
>>
>> I guess this news may come as a shock or it may not. It's something
>> I've been thinking about for quite a while and not something that I
>> decided lightly or in haste. If anything, I probably decided too
>> slowly.
>>
>> There's no bad blood with any of the ctte members, and it's not about
>> anything that has happened in Wikimedia land. Rather, it's about what
>> goes on in Brianna land (aka "personal reasons"), and whether or not I
>> can do any useful work in the role. I don't feel able to any more, and
>> I think my standing aside will be a good catalyst for the chapter to
>> get visibly moving again.
>>
>> I'm sorry to let you down by not fulfilling my term with full efforts.
>> Sometimes reality does not quite stretch far enough to meet the
>> dreams. And being on a committee like ours ("distributed" you might
>> say) requires a lot of stretching.
>> The committee members have been very supportive of me while I was in
>> the role, and in my decision now as well. It actually gives me great
>> peace of mind to know that I am leaving the chapter in such good
>> hands. They are all very capable and have great ideas, and want to
>> support members, and if members are able to support them back, I know
>> awesome things will happen.
>>
>> I am not sure how involved in Wikimedia things I will be in the
>> future. Chapter business has been my main Wikimedia business for a
>> while now. I hope to take a bit of breathing space and then see how
>> things go. Having said that, I am booked up to go to Wikimania in
>> July. :)
>>
>>
>> Yours in boldness,
>>
>> Brianna Laugher
>> no longer
>> WMAU President.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 22:47:34 +1000
>> From: Sarah Ewart
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Committee changes
>> To: Wikimedia-au
>> Cc: "members-only discussion list.\""
>> Message-ID:
>>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> On Saturday May 8 Brianna informed the committee of her intention to
>> resign
>> as president of Wikimedia Australia. As a result, we convened a
>> special
>> purpose teleconference on Sunday night and, with deep regret, the
>> committee
>> reluctantly accepted Brianna's resignation.
>>
>> Brianna has been a president of integrity and her dedication and
>> leadership
>> will be
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Wikimediaau-l Digest, Vol 46, Issue 15
Hello all,
I have written a small private email to Brianna in support of her
work, her style and her need to resign. I will add no more here but to
concur with my colleagues in their well worded praise of her
achievements.
I also thank my fellow committee members for their unanimous support
in my assuming the presidency. I will attempt to force my two rather
large feet into Brianna's slippers. I fully intend to support the
chapter, the committee and our loyal members to the best of my ability
and I will be pleased if I can reach at least some semblance of the
level of support that has been given by Brianna to the community prior
to this date.
Steve Peters
On 10/05/2010, at 11:12 PM, wikimediaau-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org
wrote:
> Send Wikimediaau-l mailing list submissions to
>wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org
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> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>wikimediaau-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org
>
> You can reach the person managing the list at
>wikimediaau-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org
>
> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> than "Re: Contents of Wikimediaau-l digest..."
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. Committee changes (Brianna Laugher)
> 2. Re: Committee changes (Sarah Ewart)
> 3. Re: [wmau:members] Committee changes (Andrew)
>
>
> --
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 22:31:08 +1000
> From: Brianna Laugher
> Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] Committee changes
> To: "Wikimedia Australia members-only discussion list."
>, Wikimedia-au
>
> Message-ID:
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Hi all,
>
> Some news: on Sunday I resigned as president of Wikimedia Australia.
> The ctte accepted my resignation and as per our Rules, appointed one
> of the committee members to the office, who will serve until the next
> AGM.
>
> I guess this news may come as a shock or it may not. It's something
> I've been thinking about for quite a while and not something that I
> decided lightly or in haste. If anything, I probably decided too
> slowly.
>
> There's no bad blood with any of the ctte members, and it's not about
> anything that has happened in Wikimedia land. Rather, it's about what
> goes on in Brianna land (aka "personal reasons"), and whether or not I
> can do any useful work in the role. I don't feel able to any more, and
> I think my standing aside will be a good catalyst for the chapter to
> get visibly moving again.
>
> I'm sorry to let you down by not fulfilling my term with full efforts.
> Sometimes reality does not quite stretch far enough to meet the
> dreams. And being on a committee like ours ("distributed" you might
> say) requires a lot of stretching.
> The committee members have been very supportive of me while I was in
> the role, and in my decision now as well. It actually gives me great
> peace of mind to know that I am leaving the chapter in such good
> hands. They are all very capable and have great ideas, and want to
> support members, and if members are able to support them back, I know
> awesome things will happen.
>
> I am not sure how involved in Wikimedia things I will be in the
> future. Chapter business has been my main Wikimedia business for a
> while now. I hope to take a bit of breathing space and then see how
> things go. Having said that, I am booked up to go to Wikimania in
> July. :)
>
>
> Yours in boldness,
>
> Brianna Laugher
> no longer
> WMAU President.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 22:47:34 +1000
> From: Sarah Ewart
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Committee changes
> To: Wikimedia-au
> Cc: "members-only discussion list.\""
> Message-ID:
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> On Saturday May 8 Brianna informed the committee of her intention to
> resign
> as president of Wikimedia Australia. As a result, we convened a
> special
> purpose teleconference on Sunday night and, with deep regret, the
> committee
> reluctantly accepted Brianna's resignation.
>
> Brianna has been a president of integrity and her dedication and
> leadership
> will be greatly missed by all members of the committee. She has
> served on
> Wikimedia Australia's committee since its inception and her work was
> especially significant and important in the early history of the
> chapter. I
> don't think it's an overstatement to say that without her, the
> chapter would
> not have been successfully established at that time. As secretary of
> an
> interim committee that had no president or vice president, she
> played a
> critical role in ensuring Wikimedia Australia was established and
> recognised
> as an official chapter and legal entity by both the government of
> Victoria
> and the Wikimed
