A big Thank you from me too, to both these wonderful people. We've
certainly had our share of disagreements in other venues, but I've always
thought highly of both.
Stu is an excellent financial strategists, with an understanding for what
matters. His work with the audits and general business acumen were big
resources. I am grateful to have had our share our disagreements, it
afforded me the opportunity to know how knowledgeable Stu is and how
passionate he is about our goals. Thank you Stu.
I spent a few days around Jan-Bart, and he truly is a warm, wonderful
presence to be around - gregarious and funny, a true mensch. He was more
community oriented and supportive than any elected trustee I've known over
the years (Perhaps with the exception of Sj). A positive influence and a
voice of reason in any contentious discussion I've seen. Thank you
Jan-Bart.
Warm Regards
Theo
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hoi,
Jan Bart, I am grateful for our trip to Brussels. You have done good.
Stu you have done your thing and it is not mine. Thank you that I have
never taken an interest.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 6 January 2016 at 10:44, Tanweer Morshed <wiki.tanweer(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
The contribution of Jan-Bart and Stu cannot be
ignored.They have
immensely
put effort for the movement, and were involved
for a long time. Thank you
Jan-Bart and Stu for your commitment and contribution.
Regards,
Tanweer
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Chris Keating <
chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I just wanted to add my thanks as well as both
Jan-Bart and Stu have
served
the movement with a huge amount of dedication and
commitment for many
years
and helped steer the WMF through many challenges.
It has been a real
pleasure to work with both of you.
Thank you both for everything you have done and best wishes for the
future!
On a more practical note as there is now no Dutch person on the WMF
board I
am concerned that there is now no obvious
supplier of stroopwafel at
board
> meetings - has a proper impact assessment been conducted?
>
> Chris
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Steven Walling <
steven.walling(a)gmail.com
>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for starting this thread Lodewijk.
> >
> > Jan-Bart and Stu: Wikimedia has been lucky to have your participation
> over
> > these years.
> >
> > Stu, thank you in particular for helping steer the financial
governance
of
the Wikimedia movement. Your expertise and
professionalism have been
deeply
important to making sure Wikimedia is a good
steward of the money
entrusted
> to us by donors.
>
> Jan-Bart, my friend, you are a force to be reckoned with. It is
difficult
> > to sum up the total impact of your leadership in the movement. I find
> > myself falling back on memories not just of your formal role on the
> board,
> > but of your warmth and generosity of spirit. I hope leaving the board
> (this
> > time) doesn't mean your Wikimania streak will be broken. ;-)
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:11 PM Lodewijk <
lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > While we have long discussions on this list about board
composition,
we
> > seem to almost ignore the fact that two
long time veterans are
leaving
> > the
> > > Wikimedia Foundation board, as scheduled. Jan-Bart de Vreede and
Stu
West
> > have been around longer than many regular editors nowadays, and I
think
> > there are not many people who can
recall the days that the board
didn't
> > > have them on it. I have never had the pleasure to serve on the
board
with
> > them, but a little thank-you from our community side, would seem in
> place.
> >
> > Stu joined the board already in 2008 (filling Michael Davis' seat),
and
> has
> > been a solid power on the board's audit responsibilities (I believe
he
> > > chaired the audit committee for quite a while) and was a force
behind
the
> accountability of movement affiliates. While
we often strongly
disagreed
> on
> > affiliate issues, I appreciate the fact that he always remained
> > constructive and wanted to think about solutions rather than
problems.
> He
> > > served both as treasurer and vice chair.
> > >
> > > Jan-Bart was on the board even longer, since early 2007, and I
recall
> >
already working with him through Kennisnet (a Dutch foundation for
> > education and IT) before that. Jan-Bart is one of those rare people
who
> > > went to ALL wikimania conferences, and can be easily recognised
there
>
with
> > his big smile. I can't remember a theme Jan-Bart didn't work on in
the
> > past
> > > years (Affiliates, HR, searching a new Executive Director) and he
> served
> > > the board in many positions, including as chair.
> > >
> > > I'm sure that the WMF communications staff and/or board has a nice
> > thankyou
> > > coming up - with a more accurate description of the awesome work
they
> > did,
> > > that I now made up from the top of my head. But in the mean time,
I'd
> > like
> > > to do it myself: Thank you Jan-Bart and Stu for all the time,
energy
and
> effort that you poured into our movement. I
know that not all of us
> appreciate this as much as we perhaps should, and sometimes you may
even
> > have perceived us as hostile. I do sincerely hope that you had fun
with
> > us
> > > though, and I'm confident that you made a big dent in our
impossible
> > > mission of sharing the sum of all
knowledge with everyone.
> > >
> > > I hope to meet you again soon, at least in Italy at Wikimania, and
I
hope
> > to see you around in our movement in many different ways.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Lodewijk
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