Thank you I wish all the best to the oncoming trustees. The Wikimedia Foundation is in a strong position. We have an excellent CEO in the process of joining, a strategic direction, and a vibrant community. While there are going to be challenges in the future I have confidence that the individuals and processes we have in place will do an excellent job in meeting them. It has been a pleasure to have been on the board these last number of years and I look forward to seeing folks around the movement.
James Heilman MD, CCFP(EM), Wikipedian On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 12:53 PM RhinosF1 - <rhino...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks to James & Lisa for their service and good luck to the new > appointees. > > On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 19:45, Nataliia Tymkiv <ntym...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> The Board has appointed the three new community-selected trustees, so >> please join me in welcoming Victoria Doronina [1], Lorenzo Losa, and Rosie >> Stephenson-Goodknight to the Board of Trustees [2] [3] [4]. I would also >> like to congratulate Dariusz Jemielniak on his re-appointment to the Board >> [5]. Their terms will run from October 13, 2021 -- November 1, 2024. You >> can read more about the new trustees in a blog post here [6]. >> >> >> I thank all of those who participated in the most recent selection >> process -- the candidates >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates#Candidate_Table>, >> the election volunteers, the Elections Committee, Foundation staff and the >> thousands of Wikimedians who voted. >> >> I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the trustees who are >> rotating off the Board, James Heilman and Lisa Lewin. Serving on the >> Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is deeply fulfilling but it is also >> challenging. I am appreciative of all of the work James and Lisa have done >> over the years -- the late nights, the weekends, and countless emails and >> calls. Thank you for your time and dedication. >> >> James, who has served for five years, has been Chair of the Special >> Projects Committee, and under his lead, for example, the Onboarding plan >> for Incoming Trustees was developed. He has also been a liaison to the >> Language and the Affiliations Committees, and has served on other Board >> committees such as the Audit, Board Governance, Product, and Community >> Affairs. James’s term ended today, October 13, 2021. >> >> Lisa, who has been on the Board for three years, has been Chair of the >> Board Governance Committee and has also served on the Human Resources >> Committee. Lisa’s governance experience has helped to strengthen the >> Board’s operating procedures and she has kept the board focused at the >> strategic level, under her lead, for example, the board has started to >> implement recommendations from the Governance Review [7]. Lisa’s term ends >> November 1, 2021. >> >> On a personal note: getting off the Board also means having more free >> time, and to fight the withdrawal symptoms of volunteering one’s time to >> Wikimedia (even though mostly to governance work in practice as a trustee), >> I cannot recommend enough to just embark on a journey of #100wikidays [8] >> in a wikiproject -- it can definitely help! >> >> On a more serious note: many thanks to the Trustees -- incoming, >> continuing, and outgoing -- for their work and commitment. >> >> Best regards, >> antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv >> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees >> >> [1] Due to some background checks still not being completed, Victoria’s >> term officially will start in a few days. The Board resolution on >> appointment will be effective as soon as the full background check is >> complete and clean. But the end term will be the same for everyone. >> >> [2] >> >> >> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Victoria_Doronina_to_the_Board_of_Trustees >> >> [3] >> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Lorenzo_Losa_to_the_Board_of_Trustees >> >> >> [4] >> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Appointing_Rosie_Stephenson-Goodknight_to_the_Board_of_Trustees >> >> >> [5] >> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Renewing_Dariusz_Jemielniak%E2%80%99s_Appointment_to_the_Board_of_Trustees,_2021 >> >> >> [6] >> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/10/13/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-new-trustees-rosie-stephenson-goodknight-victoria-doronina-dariusz-jemielniak-and-lorenzo-losa/ >> [7] >> >> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Board_Veritas_Governance_Recommendations_Final_Public_Copy.pdf >> >> >> [8] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/100wikidays >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/4DQFXDYGXNAZUNATDR262HYCAN7JHPN7/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > -- > Thanks, > Samuel > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/OPJFDMWTQRYAX3DYISFJYARNQAUIPWMU/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
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