Hi,
Just a short note from me (currently stuck in Cologne due to cancelled trains ;(
After being fortunate enough to have been able to serve four years as Vice Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation and the departure of Michael I was not as enthousiastic about being the vice chair again. The board reflected on this and decided to elect Stuart (and I am grateful that he stepped up to be a candidate). So no special reason and I think that the new officer team will have a great fresh start to help guide the rest of the board through the coming exciting year.
Just to make sure I am clear on this... this is not a farewell to the board or anything like that for me, I serve at the request of the rest of the board, and will most likely be available to do so again next year if called upon :) Its an honor to be part of such a great endeavour and being at Wikimania re-affirmed my strong beliefs that this is an incredible movement with enormous potential!
Jan-Bart
PS: And yes: Stuart is treasurer because he has that specific skill.
PS2: I know everyone has probably already said it, but thanks SO much to the people that made this Wikimania possible
On 12 jul 2010, at 19:39, James Alexander wrote:
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.comwrote:
« Is it possible for Board members hold two officer positions simultaneously? Yes, although this is the first time this has happened.»
( http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/July_2010_WMF_Announces_C... ) But the real question is: why Jan-Bart is no more the Vice-Chair?
Nemo
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Officer positions are elected yearly. With the other changes it wouldn't surprise me if Jan didn't want to be anymore (it appears they nominate themselves) and/or just everyone thought it would be better to mix up the officer positions (All of them changed except for Treasurer, which makes sense since Stuart was appointed to the board specifically as Treasurer after a search).
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