Thanks for letting us know, Sandra. Welcome to the new board and special thanks to Frans, that I have met in several international meetings.
El mié., 29 abr. 2020 11:34, Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland < [email protected]> escribió: > On behalf of the Board of Wikimedia Nederland, I would like to inform you > of some changes in the board. > > > As of April 16, Frans Grijzenhout, chairman, and Marike van Roon, board > member for cultural cooperation and partnerships, stepped down from the > board after years of dedicated service. The board elected Jan Bart de > Vreede as its new chair. > > Frans was elected to the board of Wikimedia Nederland in 2012 and became > chair in 2014. The contribution he has made over the past eight years can > only be described as impressive. He played a crucial role in building the > office and developing a wide programme of activities in support of free > knowledge. Frans was also active internationally: he was a driving force > behind the development of governance training for new board members, and > the regular meetings of chapter chairs. Over the past years, many > Wikimedians > have met him at Wikimania or the Wikimedia Summit. Wikimedia Nederland is > very grateful that Frans is willing to continue to share his experience and > expertise as an advisor to the board. > > Marike van Roon joined the board in 2015. As an art historian and curator - > and an active Wikipedia editor - she made a major contribution to the > development of the GLAM program of Wikimedia Nederland. Like no other she > was able to make connections between the Wikimedia projects and the digital > heritage strategies of Dutch institutions, thanks to her experience and > networks in the museum and library sector. > > The intention had been that members of Wikimedia Nederland and the wider > Dutch wiki-community would say goodbye to Frans and Marike in an > appropriate way, and thank them for their dedicated service, during the > General Assembly planned for April 18. Because of the measures to combat > the spread of COVID-19 this was not possible - but we hope to make up for > it at the General Assembly this autumn. > > At its meeting on April 16, the board of Wikimedia Nederland elected Jan > Bart de Vreede as the new chair. New board members will be elected at the > General Assembly in September. > > With warm regards, > > Sandra Rientjes > Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland > > > www.wikimedia.nl > > > Mariaplaats 3 > 3511 LH Utrecht > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
