Dear Jan,
Thank you very much for your immense contributions to the movement!
Not the least of those is your ability to be (and I quote Sandra Rientjes) 'a source
of sanity and calm'.
I can't vow for chapter meetings as Sandra does, but I have seen a lot of that on
public mailing lists.
Happy editing!
Erik
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From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Anders
Wennersten
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 11:09
To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] I'll be moving on
It is almost on the day 8 years since Jan and I joined the first WMSE board. And while we
were many getting the chapters up and running, Jan did in many ways play a crucial role.
When we were in internal turmoil, it was Jan who stepped in and took care of the critical
task and saved the day. And even more important it was Jan who early on spotted the
opportunity in the idea of the "new" chapters. And as an volunteer he and Holger
spend almost a year filling in application forms, budgets etc, which become the excellent
base for the fully fledged chapter that been here since
Kudos for all what you have done and wishing you all the best for the future!
Anders
who still will meet you Wednesday when you once more will help me to interwork with
Wikidata, the valuable asset but oh so technically complicated, but which you so well
master
Den 2015-10-08 kl. 10:22, skrev Jan Ainali:
All,
For the last three years I have been the Executive Director for
Wikimedia Sverige. Before that I have been Chairman, Treasurer and
Secretary of the board (at different times) and have been involved
since the founding of the chapter in 2007. It is perhaps even an
understatement to say that the chapter has been a big part of my life.
I have had the opportunity to be part of a fantastic journey from
starting the first chapter’s activities to today, with stable
strategic activities, seven people in the office, and a diversified
board. It has been an awesome time in my life and I have met and
worked with some truly wonderful persons along the way, and I am
thankful to all of you that have made it so inspiring. But now, as my
contract is about to come to an end, I feel that it is time for me to
move on to new endeavours. I am confident that the chapter is already
in good hands, with a professional board and an office with
experienced staff members and functional processes, but I’ll be around until at least the
beginning of January to make it a smooth transition.
I will obviously always be a wikimedian at heart and probably pick up
on my editing again and I will also stay subscribed to most mailing
lists. If not earlier, I’ll see you in Esino Lario.
Best regards,
*Jan Ainali*
Executive director, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se>
*Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till
mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* Bli medlem.
<http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se>
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