Hello all, I have written a small private email to Brianna in support of her work, her style and her need to resign. I will add no more here but to concur with my colleagues in their well worded praise of her achievements.
I also thank my fellow committee members for their unanimous support in my assuming the presidency. I will attempt to force my two rather large feet into Brianna's slippers. I fully intend to support the chapter, the committee and our loyal members to the best of my ability and I will be pleased if I can reach at least some semblance of the level of support that has been given by Brianna to the community prior to this date. Steve Peters On 10/05/2010, at 11:12 PM, wikimediaau-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > Send Wikimediaau-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediaau-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediaau-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediaau-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Committee changes (Brianna Laugher) > 2. Re: Committee changes (Sarah Ewart) > 3. Re: [wmau:members] Committee changes (Andrew) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 22:31:08 +1000 > From: Brianna Laugher <brianna.laug...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] Committee changes > To: "Wikimedia Australia members-only discussion list." > <memb...@lists.wikimedia.org.au>, Wikimedia-au > <wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <aanlktiltq7abfxf4qtjrcubkem8-rahu9ijlvv4qk...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi all, > > Some news: on Sunday I resigned as president of Wikimedia Australia. > The ctte accepted my resignation and as per our Rules, appointed one > of the committee members to the office, who will serve until the next > AGM. > > I guess this news may come as a shock or it may not. It's something > I've been thinking about for quite a while and not something that I > decided lightly or in haste. If anything, I probably decided too > slowly. > > There's no bad blood with any of the ctte members, and it's not about > anything that has happened in Wikimedia land. Rather, it's about what > goes on in Brianna land (aka "personal reasons"), and whether or not I > can do any useful work in the role. I don't feel able to any more, and > I think my standing aside will be a good catalyst for the chapter to > get visibly moving again. > > I'm sorry to let you down by not fulfilling my term with full efforts. > Sometimes reality does not quite stretch far enough to meet the > dreams. And being on a committee like ours ("distributed" you might > say) requires a lot of stretching. > The committee members have been very supportive of me while I was in > the role, and in my decision now as well. It actually gives me great > peace of mind to know that I am leaving the chapter in such good > hands. They are all very capable and have great ideas, and want to > support members, and if members are able to support them back, I know > awesome things will happen. > > I am not sure how involved in Wikimedia things I will be in the > future. Chapter business has been my main Wikimedia business for a > while now. I hope to take a bit of breathing space and then see how > things go. Having said that, I am booked up to go to Wikimania in > July. :) > > > Yours in boldness, > > Brianna Laugher > no longer > WMAU President. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 22:47:34 +1000 > From: Sarah Ewart <sarahew...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Committee changes > To: Wikimedia-au <wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: "members-only discussion list.\"" <memb...@lists.wikimedia.org.au> > Message-ID: > <aanlktimddu6ayfpk3pofyeasokmpguh3_0jsxqi4k...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi everyone, > > On Saturday May 8 Brianna informed the committee of her intention to > resign > as president of Wikimedia Australia. As a result, we convened a > special > purpose teleconference on Sunday night and, with deep regret, the > committee > reluctantly accepted Brianna's resignation. > > Brianna has been a president of integrity and her dedication and > leadership > will be greatly missed by all members of the committee. She has > served on > Wikimedia Australia's committee since its inception and her work was > especially significant and important in the early history of the > chapter. I > don't think it's an overstatement to say that without her, the > chapter would > not have been successfully established at that time. As secretary of > an > interim committee that had no president or vice president, she > played a > critical role in ensuring Wikimedia Australia was established and > recognised > as an official chapter and legal entity by both the government of > Victoria > and the Wikimedia Foundation. She is very highly regarded and > respected in > the international community and I was staggered by the number of > people who > approached me at the Wikimedia Foundation meeting in Germany last > month to > ask after her. I hope that she will continue to be a significant > presence in > the both the global and local Wikimedia and free culture > communities. We > sincerely thank her for the tremendously valuable and important > contribution > she has made over the last four years to the chapter, the committee > and to > the free culture movement in Australia and we wish her all the best > for her > future endeavours. > > During the committee's teleconference on Sunday night, nominations > for the > seat of president were opened. Steve Peters, our sitting treasurer, > accepted > a nomination from me for president. No further nominations were > received and > Steve's nomination was unanimously endorsed and supported. Steve > will take > the seat of president effective immediately and lead us into the > next Annual > General Meeting. This, of course, means that we now have a vacant > seat on > the committee. The Rules of the Association allows the committee to > appoint > a financial chapter member from outside the committee to a vacant > non-executive/ordinary member* *seat. Two committee members (Brian > and Liam) > are currently in the UK attending the Wikimedia Foundation's > fundraising > meeting, which has made it very difficult to organise a proper > meeting but > we are continuing to discuss these issues internally and will decide > whether > to leave the seat vacant until the AGM or seek to fill it under the > Association Rules.The membership will be advised as soon as any > decisions > are made in regard to these issues. > > I hope Wikimedia Australia's membership, friends and supporters will > join > with the committee in thanking Brianna for her dedication and hard > work over > the last four years and in wishing her all the best for the futuer. > > Regards, > Sarah Ewart > Secretary > Wikimedia Australia > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laug...@gmail.com >> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Some news: on Sunday I resigned as president of Wikimedia Australia. >> The ctte accepted my resignation and as per our Rules, appointed one >> of the committee members to the office, who will serve until the next >> AGM. >> >> I guess this news may come as a shock or it may not. It's something >> I've been thinking about for quite a while and not something that I >> decided lightly or in haste. If anything, I probably decided too >> slowly. >> >> There's no bad blood with any of the ctte members, and it's not about >> anything that has happened in Wikimedia land. Rather, it's about what >> goes on in Brianna land (aka "personal reasons"), and whether or >> not I >> can do any useful work in the role. I don't feel able to any more, >> and >> I think my standing aside will be a good catalyst for the chapter to >> get visibly moving again. >> >> I'm sorry to let you down by not fulfilling my term with full >> efforts. >> Sometimes reality does not quite stretch far enough to meet the >> dreams. And being on a committee like ours ("distributed" you might >> say) requires a lot of stretching. >> The committee members have been very supportive of me while I was in >> the role, and in my decision now as well. It actually gives me great >> peace of mind to know that I am leaving the chapter in such good >> hands. They are all very capable and have great ideas, and want to >> support members, and if members are able to support them back, I know >> awesome things will happen. >> >> I am not sure how involved in Wikimedia things I will be in the >> future. Chapter business has been my main Wikimedia business for a >> while now. I hope to take a bit of breathing space and then see how >> things go. Having said that, I am booked up to go to Wikimania in >> July. :) >> >> >> Yours in boldness, >> >> Brianna Laugher >> no longer >> WMAU President. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/attachments/20100510/d8317df0/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 21:12:06 +0800 > From: Andrew <orderinchao...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [wmau:members] Committee changes > To: "Wikimedia Australia members-only discussion list." > <memb...@lists.wikimedia.org.au> > Cc: Wikimedia-au <wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > <aanlktikm3t4ub3bymzmxobzujobvtotl7xnwchkbq...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi all, > > I wish to second Sarah's post above - what she has written > represents the > views of our entire committee. At the teleconference, when we were > passing > the motion to accept Brianna's resignation, every single committee > member > added the words "with regret" to their vote. Personally, I'd like to > thank > Brianna for her hard work and dedication from before the existence > of the > chapter to the present and her excellent representation of our > chapter on > many and varied opportunities both in Australia and overseas, as > well as > wishing her the best into the future. > > I also wish to congratulate Steve on becoming our new President and > to thank > him for accepting such a tough role at incredibly short notice. > Steve hasn't > wasted any time and has already gotten to work in the role, and I look > forward to seeing what we can achieve together (as a committee, > *and* as a > membership) in coming weeks and months. > > regards > Andrew > > On 10 May 2010 20:47, Sarah Ewart <sarahew...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> On Saturday May 8 Brianna informed the committee of her intention >> to resign >> as president of Wikimedia Australia. As a result, we convened a >> special >> purpose teleconference on Sunday night and, with deep regret, the >> committee >> reluctantly accepted Brianna's resignation. >> >> Brianna has been a president of integrity and her dedication and >> leadership >> will be greatly missed by all members of the committee. She has >> served on >> Wikimedia Australia's committee since its inception and her work was >> especially significant and important in the early history of the >> chapter. I >> don't think it's an overstatement to say that without her, the >> chapter would >> not have been successfully established at that time. As secretary >> of an >> interim committee that had no president or vice president, she >> played a >> critical role in ensuring Wikimedia Australia was established and >> recognised >> as an official chapter and legal entity by both the government of >> Victoria >> and the Wikimedia Foundation. She is very highly regarded and >> respected in >> the international community and I was staggered by the number of >> people who >> approached me at the Wikimedia Foundation meeting in Germany last >> month to >> ask after her. I hope that she will continue to be a significant >> presence in >> the both the global and local Wikimedia and free culture >> communities. We >> sincerely thank her for the tremendously valuable and important >> contribution >> she has made over the last four years to the chapter, the committee >> and to >> the free culture movement in Australia and we wish her all the best >> for her >> future endeavours. >> >> During the committee's teleconference on Sunday night, nominations >> for the >> seat of president were opened. Steve Peters, our sitting treasurer, >> accepted >> a nomination from me for president. No further nominations were >> received and >> Steve's nomination was unanimously endorsed and supported. Steve >> will take >> the seat of president effective immediately and lead us into the >> next Annual >> General Meeting. This, of course, means that we now have a vacant >> seat on >> the committee. The Rules of the Association allows the committee to >> appoint >> a financial chapter member from outside the committee to a vacant >> non-executive/ordinary member* *seat. Two committee members (Brian >> and >> Liam) are currently in the UK attending the Wikimedia Foundation's >> fundraising meeting, which has made it very difficult to organise a >> proper >> meeting but we are continuing to discuss these issues internally >> and will >> decide whether to leave the seat vacant until the AGM or seek to >> fill it >> under the Association Rules.The membership will be advised as soon >> as any >> decisions are made in regard to these issues. >> >> I hope Wikimedia Australia's membership, friends and supporters >> will join >> with the committee in thanking Brianna for her dedication and hard >> work over >> the last four years and in wishing her all the best for the futuer. >> >> Regards, >> Sarah Ewart >> Secretary >> Wikimedia Australia >> >> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Brianna Laugher < >> brianna.laug...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Some news: on Sunday I resigned as president of Wikimedia Australia. >>> The ctte accepted my resignation and as per our Rules, appointed one >>> of the committee members to the office, who will serve until the >>> next >>> AGM. >>> >>> I guess this news may come as a shock or it may not. It's something >>> I've been thinking about for quite a while and not something that I >>> decided lightly or in haste. If anything, I probably decided too >>> slowly. >>> >>> There's no bad blood with any of the ctte members, and it's not >>> about >>> anything that has happened in Wikimedia land. Rather, it's about >>> what >>> goes on in Brianna land (aka "personal reasons"), and whether or >>> not I >>> can do any useful work in the role. I don't feel able to any more, >>> and >>> I think my standing aside will be a good catalyst for the chapter to >>> get visibly moving again. >>> >>> I'm sorry to let you down by not fulfilling my term with full >>> efforts. >>> Sometimes reality does not quite stretch far enough to meet the >>> dreams. And being on a committee like ours ("distributed" you might >>> say) requires a lot of stretching. >>> The committee members have been very supportive of me while I was in >>> the role, and in my decision now as well. It actually gives me great >>> peace of mind to know that I am leaving the chapter in such good >>> hands. They are all very capable and have great ideas, and want to >>> support members, and if members are able to support them back, I >>> know >>> awesome things will happen. >>> >>> I am not sure how involved in Wikimedia things I will be in the >>> future. Chapter business has been my main Wikimedia business for a >>> while now. I hope to take a bit of breathing space and then see how >>> things go. Having said that, I am booked up to go to Wikimania in >>> July. :) >>> >>> >>> Yours in boldness, >>> >>> Brianna Laugher >>> no longer >>> WMAU President. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> memb...@lists.wikimedia.org.au >> Guidelines: http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Members_mailing_list >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/attachments/20100510/6753745b/attachment.htm > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > > End of Wikimediaau-l Digest, Vol 46, Issue 15 > ********************************************* > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
