Farewell and good luck Ziko! You have the dubious notability of being the first Wikimedian I met outside my home country! Hopefully you'll still be active in the community and I'll see you around again!
Charles / User:Chuq Hobart, Australia On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Jon Davies <jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk>wrote: > Very sad to hear this - you have done so well. Hie to see you in London. > > > On 30 March 2014 18:59, Ziko van Dijk <vand...@wmnederland.nl> wrote: > > > Dear colleagues, collaborators and friends of free knowledge, > > > > After three eventful years I left the board of Wikimedia Nederland; > > yesterday was the General Assembly in Utrecht. This means a 'goodbye'. > > > > In this time, I had the privilege and pleasure to work with many great > > people in many different organisations. We saw a lot of small steps > > and some bigger ones directed to our common goal, the support of free > > knowledge. Certainly, not everything we as a movement or parts of the > > movement was achieved, though. > > > > Between many WMNL members and me, there were two grades of separation: > > coming from the humanities, my geekiness differs a little from the > > average Wikipedianess; having the German Wikipedia as my home wiki, I > > was never a very active or 'true' part of the Dutch editing community. > > And when I quoted in my speeches from medieval quests or Prussian > > literary realism, I received therefore some strange looks from some > > members. > > > > But I remain firmly convinced that good governance and respect have no > > nationality. Indeed, stroopwafels do have, and so I adopted the Dutch > > custom to bring them with me to Wikimedian meetings abroad. > > > > Wikimedia Nederland has experienced and overcome a difficult period of > > transition. Office space and employees, more members including more > > members without Wikipedia background, more activities, more money, > > more responsibility; more need for an association to mature and focus > > on what is necessary (and not always easy, cool or fun). We achieved > > that as a collective, slower than previously expected, but with the > > appropriate pride and good feelings about the future. > > > > Goodbye - and Hello: I am looking forward to see many of you again at > > whatever wiki, chat or real life meeting. > > > > Kind regards > > Ziko > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Nederland > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dr. Ziko van Dijk > > > > Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland > > Postbus 167 > > 3500 AD Utrecht > > http://wikimedia.nl > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 > tweet @jonatreesdavies > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. > > Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
