All the best :) :)
On 6 January 2016 at 16:25, Theo10011 de10011@gmail.com wrote:
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@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@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@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@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@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,
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