Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-28 Thread Isarra Yos
It's odd, but I think I'm glad - not so much that you're leaving, but where you're going, what you intend to do... somehow I find that comforting... On 27/03/13 22:00, Sue Gardner wrote: Hello Wikimedia community members, This is not an easy e-mail to write, and it’s been a very hard

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-28 Thread Steven Zhang
We all started talking about Sue Gardner for President 2016 on IRC today. I'd vote for her... Sent from my iPhone On 28/03/2013, at 6:35 PM, Isarra Yos zhoris...@gmail.com wrote: It's odd, but I think I'm glad - not so much that you're leaving, but where you're going, what you intend to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-28 Thread Jane Darnell
That's big news. I agree with Jan-Bart, Phoebe (thanks for the laugh), Manuel, and Isarra. In my own editor's corner of Wikipedia, I have increasingly come up against the limits of Wikipedia against international copyright law on the one hand, and the inability to express my concerns in 160 bytes

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-28 Thread Mathias Schindler
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Steven Zhang cro0...@gmail.com wrote: We all started talking about Sue Gardner for President 2016 on IRC today. I'd vote for her... In order to do so, there are two minor prerequisites a) We must get rid of the clause in Section 1 of Article Two of the United

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-28 Thread David Gerard
On 28 March 2013 09:52, Mathias Schindler mathias.schind...@gmail.com wrote: b) We must overthrow the political system in Canada and change the monarchy into a republic that actually has a President so that Sue can run for it. There's always running on the My name is not Stephen Harper

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-28 Thread K. Peachey
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Mathias Schindler mathias.schind...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Steven Zhang cro0...@gmail.com wrote: We all started talking about Sue Gardner for President 2016 on IRC today. I'd vote for her... In order to do so, there are two minor

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-28 Thread Craig Franklin
Sue DID seem to enjoy herself when she was here recently. Hell, I'd settle for Premier of Queensland at this rate. Whaddaya say, Sue? Cheers, Craig On 28/03/2013 8:02 PM, K. Peachey p858sn...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Mathias Schindler mathias.schind...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-28 Thread Itzik Edri
As others have wrote, it is still not a farewell email. But there is no doubt that Sue, despite past disagreements we had, is an asset to the foundation and our movement. And it's going to be a very big challenge to find someone who will replace her. I'll wait with the real farewell email :)

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-28 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
huh. I understand and respect the reasoning perfectly well, and yet I can't help a feeling that WIkimedia movement is going to suffer a major loss. Sue has been pivotal in making WMF and the movement successfully grow to where we are now. It will be really hard to find anyone nearly as competent

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-28 Thread Guillaume Paumier
Hi, On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak dar...@alk.edu.pl wrote: One piece of thought (without looking much into the technicalities): Perhaps the movement could really benefit from an ex-exec of this caliber getting a new seat on the Board. or more probably the Advisory

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-28 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
hi, On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Guillaume Paumier guillom@gmail.comwrote: or more probably the Advisory board :) https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board I meant the Board of Trustees, as I think that Sue's experience would be really beneficial there (probably, for a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-28 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Dariusz Jemielniak, 28/03/2013 13:00: [...] The Advisory Board is a much less active and decisive body in my view, which is not to say that Sue's input there would not be really useful as well. Sounds like a good reason to make it stronger. Nemo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

2013-03-27 Thread Tonmoy Khan
Oh Sue, I still can't believe I am reading this mail! Though we will have you for another 6 months, but it will be very hard to say goodbye. I believe your departure would only mean your leaving the organization of WMF and you will remain an indispensable part of the movement as ever. I am