[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] (Announcement) Ana Toni Announced as New Wikimedia Foundation Board Member

[Samuel Klein]

Yes, this took longer than planned.  By rights all resolutions should
be published within two weeks; thank you for noticing.

We discussed the idea of altering the effective date, but decided it
wasn't worth it. There were no Board votes during the intervening 8
days; and the end of the term is not affected by when it starts.

Warmly,
Sam.

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org> wrote:
> (just for the record, not reflecting at all on Ana's qualities or being
> unhappy with the actual decision):
>
> I understand that the board took this decision online on June 19. I'm a
> little disappointed it took so long to communicate this to the community:
> almost three weeks after the decision, a week after the term was effective.
> If such a long preperation is required to communicate the decision, perhaps
> it would make sense to adjust the effectivity date accordingly in the
> future.
>
> Best,
> Lodewijk
>
>
> 2013/7/9 Jan-Bart de Vreede <jdevreede at wikimedia.org>
>
>> Hey
>>
>> I am also very happy to publicly welcome her to the Board, and am really
>> happy that she was able to free up time for the commitment of our board,
>> which demands a good deal of time.
>>
>> With regards to your questions:
>>
>> 1) I am forwarding these messages to Ana Toni :) And gave her instructions
>> how to subscribe
>> 2) Her term started on the 1st of July.
>> 3) Unfortunately she is not able to make it to Wikimania because she
>> already had plans during that period :(  She will probably be attending a
>> part of the board meeting through Skype but she will miss the interaction
>> with everyone, which is something she (and we all) regret but which
>> couldn't be helped.
>>
>> (she did meet some of the community members in San Francisco during her
>> stay there when we interviewed here and Phoebe organised a edit-a-thon :)
>>
>> Jan-Bart
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Welcome Ana!
>> >
>> > (while everyone is assuming Ana is already subscribed to this list, I
>> will
>> > do the same. i hope that when this thread lies down a bit, someone will
>> > forward it of course :) )
>> > We have always heard a lot about Greenpeace, and as you probably know, it
>> > was often used as an example in our strategic discussions how we would
>> like
>> > to develop as a movement (the amount of centralization). I look forward
>> to
>> > your involvement on those discussions as we're slowly moving towards a
>> new
>> > strategic cycle for the Wikimedia Foundation, and I hope you will be bold
>> > enough a person to simply join, even if you may feel somewhat 'new' for
>> the
>> > first ten years ;-).
>> >
>> > Very practically: when exactly does your term officially start her term?
>> > Will that be at the coming board meeting in Hong Kong, or afterwards? I
>> > hope you will have the opportunity of meeting many community members in
>> > Hong Kong!
>> >
>> > Best,
>>
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