Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Andrea Zanni
Thanks Jan. I do understand what you say, and I'm happy for you that a new chapter of your life is beginning. Happy editing, and happy new life. Tack Aubrey On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Jan Ainali wrote: > All, > > For the last three years I have been the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Jane Darnell
Jan, Thanks for all of your work. The Swedish Wikipedia is a very inspiring project for me as a Dutch Wikimedian and I have been following (somewhat jealously) how the WMSE community responds to new innovations. Under your leadership I think your Swedish Wikipedia community looks quite healthy (as

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Asaf Bartov
What Andrea said. Stay in touch! :) A. On Oct 8, 2015 1:27 AM, "Andrea Zanni" wrote: > Thanks Jan. > I do understand what you say, and I'm happy for you that a new chapter of > your life is beginning. > Happy editing, and happy new life. > > Tack > > > Aubrey > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Pierre-Selim
Thank you Jan! 2015-10-08 10:28 GMT+02:00 Asaf Bartov : > What Andrea said. > > Stay in touch! :) > >A. > On Oct 8, 2015 1:27 AM, "Andrea Zanni" wrote: > > > Thanks Jan. > > I do understand what you say, and I'm happy for you that a new

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, My compliment is that you have been a wonderful person. I did not realise that you had another function. You just did well. So thank you for that. You did good. Thanks, GerardM On 8 October 2015 at 10:33, Sandra Rientjes Wikimedia Nederland < rient...@wikimedia.nl> wrote: > Hi Jan, >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Erik Zachte
Dear Jan, Thank you very much for your immense contributions to the movement! Not the least of those is your ability to be (and I quote Sandra Rientjes) 'a source of sanity and calm'. I can't vow for chapter meetings as Sandra does, but I have seen a lot of that on public mailing lists. Happy

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Anders Wennersten
It is almost on the day 8 years since Jan and I joined the first WMSE board. And while we were many getting the chapters up and running, Jan did in many ways play a crucial role. When we were in internal turmoil, it was Jan who stepped in and took care of the critical task and saved the day.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Sandra Rientjes Wikimedia Nederland
Hi Jan, I am very, very sorry to see you go. You are a wonderful colleague - and a source of sanity and calm in the group of chapter ED's. Regards, Sandra Sandra Rientjes Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland tel.(+31) (0)30 3200238 mob. (+31) (0)6 31786379

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Richard Symonds
Jan, Sorry to see you go - but we will of course see you in future, I'm sure. You won't get away that easily ;-) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.

[Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Jan Ainali
All, For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for Wikimedia Sverige. Before that I have been Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of the board (at different times) and have been involved since the founding of the chapter in 2007. It is perhaps even an understatement to say that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Alice Wiegand
With the choir: Thank you for your long time committment, Jan. Alice. On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Jane Darnell wrote: > Jan, > Thanks for all of your work. The Swedish Wikipedia is a very inspiring > project for me as a Dutch Wikimedian and I have been following

[Wikimedia-l] Au revoir Jan

2015-10-08 Thread Jon Davies
And welcome to the ex CEO club! Come and see me in London soon! Well done for all you did, Jon Davies Jon Davies arnottdav...@gmail.com 07976 935 986 Linkedin On 8 October 2015 at 10:10,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Au revoir Jan

2015-10-08 Thread Anna Torres
Dear Jan! So sorry to see you go! I wish you all the best! I'll be here in Argentina, for whatever you need! Hugs and see you soon! El oct 8, 2015 6:52 AM, "Jon Davies" escribió: > And welcome to the ex CEO club! Come and see me in London soon! > Well done for all you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread aude
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 4:22 AM, Jan Ainali wrote: > All, > > For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for Wikimedia > Sverige. Before that I have been Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of the > board (at different times) and have been involved since

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Daniel Mietchen
Thanks a lot, Jan. I am sure our roads will keep crossing for a while - just penciled your Open Access Week editathon into my calendar last night. d. On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 12:24 PM, aude wrote: > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 4:22 AM, Jan Ainali wrote: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 139, Issue 29

2015-10-08 Thread Jessica Robell
Jan, It's has been wonderful working with you. Thank you for your commitment and your hard work over the last few years. Best of luck with your new endeavors and do stay in touch, Vänliga hälsningar, Jessica On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:00 PM, wrote: >

[Wikimedia-l] (no subject)

2015-10-08 Thread Richard Symonds
All, The University of Edinburgh has today started advertising for a part time Wikimedian in Residence post: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AMB999/wikimedian-in-residence-fixed-term-part-time/ To quote from it directly: Do you have an eye for detail and a love of facts? Are you an experienced >

[Wikimedia-l] Wikinobel 2015 tomorrow

2015-10-08 Thread Jon Harald Søby
Hi everybody, You may have seen the blog post already, but I'd like to remind you that the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced tomorrow, and like last year, Wikimedia Norge and the Nobel Peace Center are hosting an editathon as the

[Wikimedia-l] WikiConference USA in DC

2015-10-08 Thread Andrew Lih
Just a reminder that WikiConference USA will be from October 9-11, in Washington DC at the National Archives. The main McGowan theater sessions will be live streamed via YouTube. If all goes well, we'll have the other sessions recorded for release later. Schedule:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] (no subject)

2015-10-08 Thread Richard Symonds
Apologies for missing out the subject :-( Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Luis Villa
Sorry to hear this, Jan - I've always enjoyed working with you. Good luck in whatever comes next, and see you on-wiki :) Luis On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:22 AM, Jan Ainali wrote: > All, > > For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for Wikimedia >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thoughts on carrying the Wikimania conversation forward

2015-10-08 Thread Isabella Apriyana
Hello, We already knew about Montreal (and the hint for cruise ship) [1] before putting Bali on Meta. Nevertheless, we did so and moved on to contact and meet with vendors, venues, etc; simply because it's an active meta page for Wikimania 2017 bids, there's a somewhat obvious bidding timeline

[Wikimedia-l] #FREEBASSEL: Free culture advocate who built 3D renderings of Palmyra missing in Syria

2015-10-08 Thread Ed Erhart
Hi all, We've just published "#FREEBASSEL: Free culture advocate who built 3D renderings of Palmyra missing in Syria " to the Wikimedia blog. In short, Bassel Khartabil, an open-source advocate who has been imprisoned in Syria for three

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Pavel Richter
I will just join the choir and say: Thank you for what you did. I always enjoyed working with you, and I hope the future treats you as well as you have treated us Wikimedians ! Stay in touch!! Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards, Pavel Richter Mobil: +4915119645755 Twitter: @pavel Blog:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread rupert THURNER
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Jan Ainali wrote: > All, > > For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for Wikimedia > Sverige. Before that I have been Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of the > board (at different times) and have been involved since

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikinobel 2015 tomorrow

2015-10-08 Thread Mardetanha
Very good news, Hopefully we might be able to do same in fawiki Mardetanha On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Jon Harald Søby wrote: > Hi everybody, > > You may have seen the blog post > already, but > I'd like to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikinobel 2015 tomorrow

2015-10-08 Thread Michael Peel
Hi Jon, Is this just for the Peace Prize, or will the editathon also work on articles on the winners of the other nobel prizes? I've been doing some wikignoming on the enwp articles on the physics prize winners [1] [2], but they still need more work on the content - although there are now

[Wikimedia-l] [10.15.15] Wikipedia Editathon at the Guggenheim: Women in Architecture

2015-10-08 Thread Mikayla Lynch
Hi everyone, Pleased to e-meet you. I’m Mikayla Lynch, associate manager at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and founder of the Guggenheim Wikipedia Initiative. I’m writing to formally invite you to the Guggenheim Museum for our upcoming Wikipedia editathon—or, #guggathon—a day of Wikipedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Nicole Ebber
Thank you, Jan! It's always been a pleasure working with you, learning from you, and laughing with you. All the best for your future endeavours, I hope to see you around. Nicole On 8 October 2015 at 10:22, Jan Ainali wrote: > All, > > For the last three years I have

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updates on WMF product leadership

2015-10-08 Thread Pine W
Thank you for the announcement. Congrats to Wes. Pine On Oct 8, 2015 8:34 PM, "Lila Tretikov" wrote: > All, > > I want to share an update about the WMF’s product leadership. As of today, > Wes Moran has stepped into the role of Vice President of Product. In this > role,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Ricordisamoa
It is not a farewell but a new welcome! Il 08/10/2015 10:22, Jan Ainali ha scritto: All, For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for Wikimedia Sverige. Before that I have been Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary of the board (at different times) and have been involved since

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Keegan Peterzell
Three years is a long time to be in a leadership position in a volunteer movement. Five years is incredible. Eight years? Enjoy the time off, Jan. -- ~Keegan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan This is my personal email address. Everything sent from this email address is in a personal

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Join the community review of 11 annual plan grants proposals to the FDC

2015-10-08 Thread Anders Wennersten
I have now reviewed these proposals (with the exception of WMDE, being too complex, and WMSE, due to COI). It is the fourth consecutive year I do this and most entities has been there all years. I want to share my general finding that there has been a major improvement in most of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on

2015-10-08 Thread Astrid Carlsen
Hei, Jan Sorry to see you go! Lykke til videre! Astrid Den torsdag 8. oktober 2015 skrev rupert THURNER følgende: > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Jan Ainali > wrote: > > All, > > > > For the last three years I have been the