[Foundation-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announce] Note from the Board Chair

[Jan-Bart de Vreede]

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 at gmail.com>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_Changes_to_the_Board_QandA
>> )
>> 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 at rochester.edu
> jamesofur at gmail.com
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