Thank you Sandra for the updates and thank so much to Frans, a wikimedian who help many of us to understand better the affiliates governance.
Camelia On Fri, May 1, 2020, 2:53 PM E. Sanz <elenas...@wikimedia.es> wrote: > Thanks for letting us know, Sandra. Welcome to the new board and special > thanks to Frans, that I have met in several international meetings. > > El mié., 29 abr. 2020 11:34, Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland < > rient...@wikimedia.nl> escribió: > > > On behalf of the Board of Wikimedia Nederland, I would like to inform you > > of some changes in the board. > > > > > > As of April 16, Frans Grijzenhout, chairman, and Marike van Roon, board > > member for cultural cooperation and partnerships, stepped down from the > > board after years of dedicated service. The board elected Jan Bart de > > Vreede as its new chair. > > > > Frans was elected to the board of Wikimedia Nederland in 2012 and became > > chair in 2014. The contribution he has made over the past eight years can > > only be described as impressive. He played a crucial role in building the > > office and developing a wide programme of activities in support of free > > knowledge. Frans was also active internationally: he was a driving force > > behind the development of governance training for new board members, and > > the regular meetings of chapter chairs. Over the past years, many > > Wikimedians > > have met him at Wikimania or the Wikimedia Summit. Wikimedia Nederland is > > very grateful that Frans is willing to continue to share his experience > and > > expertise as an advisor to the board. > > > > Marike van Roon joined the board in 2015. As an art historian and > curator - > > and an active Wikipedia editor - she made a major contribution to the > > development of the GLAM program of Wikimedia Nederland. Like no other she > > was able to make connections between the Wikimedia projects and the > digital > > heritage strategies of Dutch institutions, thanks to her experience and > > networks in the museum and library sector. > > > > The intention had been that members of Wikimedia Nederland and the wider > > Dutch wiki-community would say goodbye to Frans and Marike in an > > appropriate way, and thank them for their dedicated service, during the > > General Assembly planned for April 18. Because of the measures to combat > > the spread of COVID-19 this was not possible - but we hope to make up for > > it at the General Assembly this autumn. > > > > At its meeting on April 16, the board of Wikimedia Nederland elected Jan > > Bart de Vreede as the new chair. New board members will be elected at > the > > General Assembly in September. > > > > With warm regards, > > > > Sandra Rientjes > > Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland > > > > > > www.wikimedia.nl > > > > > > Mariaplaats 3 > > 3511 LH Utrecht > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: 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, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
