I wish Brianna well into the future, without her I'm sure Wikimedia Australia wouldn't be in the position it is today (Nothing like Government red tape and bureaucratic brick walls) without her hard work (along with the founding and current committee).
Also congratulations to Steve! I'm sure he will serve the Wikimedia Australia community well and I'm sure his feet will fit in Brianna's pink fluffy slippers! ;) Robert M (AKA Bidgee) On Mon, 10 May 2010 23:31:04 +1000, VirtualSteve <[email protected]> wrote: > 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, [email protected] > wrote: > >> Send Wikimediaau-l mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> 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 >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> 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 <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] Committee changes >> To: "Wikimedia Australia members-only discussion list." >> <[email protected]>, Wikimedia-au >> <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> 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 <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Committee changes >> To: Wikimedia-au <[email protected]> >> Cc: "members-only discussion list.\"" <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> 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 >> <[email protected] >>> 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 >>> [email protected] >>> 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 <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [wmau:members] Committee changes >> To: "Wikimedia Australia members-only discussion list." >> <[email protected]> >> Cc: Wikimedia-au <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 < >>> [email protected]> 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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [email protected] >>> 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 >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> >> >> End of Wikimediaau-l Digest, Vol 46, Issue 15 >> ********************************************* >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
