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Lodewijk

6 Jan 2016 6 Jan '16

7:10 a.m.

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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Steven Walling

6 Jan 6 Jan

8:56 a.m.

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:

...

Chris Keating

9:37 a.m.

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:

...

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

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

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

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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Tanweer Morshed

9:44 a.m.

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:

...

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

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.

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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

-- Regards, Tanweer Morshed

Gerard Meijssen

9:52 a.m.

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:

...

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

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,

> > 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

> 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

hope > > to see you around in our movement in many different ways. > > > > Best, > > > > Lodewijk > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe:

https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l,

<mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Theo10011

10:55 a.m.

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:

...

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

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,

> > 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

https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org

?subject=unsubscribe>

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Tito Dutta

12:47 p.m.

All the best :) :) On 6 January 2016 at 16:25, Theo10011 <de10011(a)gmail.com> wrote:

...

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

> > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org ?subject=unsubscribe> > > >

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Philippe Beaudette

4:58 p.m.

I consider myself honored to think of both Jan-Bart and Stu as friends. They are both exceptional people, who steered the WMF through a serious period of growth and rarely, if ever, put a foot wrong in so doing. My hat's off to both of you. Best, pb On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 2:55 AM, Theo10011 <de10011(a)gmail.com> wrote: