I consider myself honored to think of both Jan-Bart and Stu as friends. They are both exceptional people, who steered the WMF through a serious period of growth and rarely, if ever, put a foot wrong in so doing. My hat's off to both of you.
Best, pb On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 2:55 AM, Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com> wrote: > A big Thank you from me too, to both these wonderful people. We've > certainly had our share of disagreements in other venues, but I've always > thought highly of both. > > Stu is an excellent financial strategists, with an understanding for what > matters. His work with the audits and general business acumen were big > resources. I am grateful to have had our share our disagreements, it > afforded me the opportunity to know how knowledgeable Stu is and how > passionate he is about our goals. Thank you Stu. > > I spent a few days around Jan-Bart, and he truly is a warm, wonderful > presence to be around - gregarious and funny, a true mensch. He was more > community oriented and supportive than any elected trustee I've known over > the years (Perhaps with the exception of Sj). A positive influence and a > voice of reason in any contentious discussion I've seen. Thank you > Jan-Bart. > Warm Regards > Theo > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > > Hoi, > > Jan Bart, I am grateful for our trip to Brussels. You have done good. > > > > Stu you have done your thing and it is not mine. Thank you that I have > > never taken an interest. > > Thanks, > > GerardM > > > > On 6 January 2016 at 10:44, Tanweer Morshed <wiki.tanw...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > The contribution of Jan-Bart and Stu cannot be ignored.They have > > immensely > > > put effort for the movement, and were involved for a long time. Thank > you > > > Jan-Bart and Stu for your commitment and contribution. > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Tanweer > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Chris Keating < > > chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I just wanted to add my thanks as well as both Jan-Bart and Stu have > > > served > > > > the movement with a huge amount of dedication and commitment for many > > > years > > > > and helped steer the WMF through many challenges. It has been a real > > > > pleasure to work with both of you. > > > > > > > > Thank you both for everything you have done and best wishes for the > > > future! > > > > > > > > On a more practical note as there is now no Dutch person on the WMF > > > board I > > > > am concerned that there is now no obvious supplier of stroopwafel at > > > board > > > > meetings - has a proper impact assessment been conducted? > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Steven Walling < > > steven.wall...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks for starting this thread Lodewijk. > > > > > > > > > > Jan-Bart and Stu: Wikimedia has been lucky to have your > participation > > > > over > > > > > these years. > > > > > > > > > > Stu, thank you in particular for helping steer the financial > > governance > > > > of > > > > > the Wikimedia movement. Your expertise and professionalism have > been > > > > deeply > > > > > important to making sure Wikimedia is a good steward of the money > > > > entrusted > > > > > to us by donors. > > > > > > > > > > Jan-Bart, my friend, you are a force to be reckoned with. It is > > > difficult > > > > > to sum up the total impact of your leadership in the movement. I > find > > > > > myself falling back on memories not just of your formal role on the > > > > board, > > > > > but of your warmth and generosity of spirit. I hope leaving the > board > > > > (this > > > > > time) doesn't mean your Wikimania streak will be broken. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:11 PM Lodewijk < > > lodew...@effeietsanders.org> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > While we have long discussions on this list about board > > composition, > > > we > > > > > > seem to almost ignore the fact that two long time veterans are > > > leaving > > > > > the > > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation board, as scheduled. Jan-Bart de Vreede and > > Stu > > > > West > > > > > > have been around longer than many regular editors nowadays, and I > > > think > > > > > > there are not many people who can recall the days that the board > > > didn't > > > > > > have them on it. I have never had the pleasure to serve on the > > board > > > > with > > > > > > them, but a little thank-you from our community side, would seem > in > > > > > place. > > > > > > > > > > > > Stu joined the board already in 2008 (filling Michael Davis' > seat), > > > and > > > > > has > > > > > > been a solid power on the board's audit responsibilities (I > believe > > > he > > > > > > chaired the audit committee for quite a while) and was a force > > behind > > > > the > > > > > > accountability of movement affiliates. While we often strongly > > > > disagreed > > > > > on > > > > > > affiliate issues, I appreciate the fact that he always remained > > > > > > constructive and wanted to think about solutions rather than > > > problems. > > > > He > > > > > > served both as treasurer and vice chair. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jan-Bart was on the board even longer, since early 2007, and I > > recall > > > > > > already working with him through Kennisnet (a Dutch foundation > for > > > > > > education and IT) before that. Jan-Bart is one of those rare > people > > > who > > > > > > went to ALL wikimania conferences, and can be easily recognised > > there > > > > > with > > > > > > his big smile. I can't remember a theme Jan-Bart didn't work on > in > > > the > > > > > past > > > > > > years (Affiliates, HR, searching a new Executive Director) and he > > > > served > > > > > > the board in many positions, including as chair. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sure that the WMF communications staff and/or board has a > nice > > > > > thankyou > > > > > > coming up - with a more accurate description of the awesome work > > they > > > > > did, > > > > > > that I now made up from the top of my head. But in the mean time, > > I'd > > > > > like > > > > > > to do it myself: Thank you Jan-Bart and Stu for all the time, > > energy > > > > and > > > > > > effort that you poured into our movement. I know that not all of > us > > > > > > appreciate this as much as we perhaps should, and sometimes you > may > > > > even > > > > > > have perceived us as hostile. I do sincerely hope that you had > fun > > > with > > > > > us > > > > > > though, and I'm confident that you made a big dent in our > > impossible > > > > > > mission of sharing the sum of all knowledge with everyone. > > > > > > > > > > > > I hope to meet you again soon, at least in Italy at Wikimania, > and > > I > > > > hope > > > > > > to see you around in our movement in many different ways. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > > > > > Lodewijk > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > Tanweer Morshed > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Philippe Beaudette phili...@beaudette.me 415-691-8822 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
