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(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
« 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_…
)
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).
James Alexander
james.alexander(a)rochester.edu
jamesofur(a)gmail.com
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