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Board reorganization

Wales resigns chair position as reorganization in progress

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has moved forward with a step in restructuring the organization by reorganizing itself. Following a planning retreat in Frankfurt, Jimmy Wales stepped down as Chair of the board, and Florence Nibart-Devouard was chosen to replace him.

The board met with representatives of local chapters and a few others from 20 October to 22 October. After the retreat, Wales nominated Devouard to take his place as Chair, and the board unanimously approved her for that position. The remaining official roles on the board were also filled at this time, with Tim Shell chosen as Vice-Chair, Erik Möller as Executive Secretary, and Michael E. Davis as Treasurer.

Devouard was elected to the Board as a member representative in 2004 and holds one of the two board seats elected by the Wikimedia community, along with Möller. She has been a strong supporter of the multilingual nature of the Wikimedia projects.

Wales, meanwhile, will continue to serve on the board and assume the honorary title of Chairman Emeritus. He will remain active in Wikimedia projects, but chose to pass on the responsibility of heading the board, due in part to his commitments to outside projects.

This action is part of an ongoing reorganization of the Wikimedia Foundation, which effectively began with the hiring of Brad Patrick earlier this year as legal counsel and Executive Director (see archived story). Patrick is filling the latter position only on an interim basis, and the Wikimedia Foundation plans to start a formal search process for a permanent Executive Director.

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So what exactly does this mean to the way Wikipedia will be run ? Just curious. Jcam 17:33, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Que bien!!!!!!

Ya era hora, estoy seguro que la wiki va a perder adeptos, ahora que el mesias se va xD.

The translation I got for the above comment is "Already it was hour, I am sure that the wiki is going to lose followers, now that the mesias goes xD." I think that the English Wikipedia might lose editors, but I do not know about the others. -- Kjkolb 08:57, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Corrected translation: "It was time, I am sure that wiki is going to lose followers, now that the messiah goes xD". I think very few people contribute to Wikipedia because of Wales specifically, so I think that statement is pretty ridiculous. zafiroblue05 | Talk 03:28, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does This Actually Mean Anything?

Seems like a token gesture since he seems to have dictatorial power in this project. Just H 01:42, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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