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I've been a Wikipedian since early 2003 and have made over 50,000 edits across hundreds of different Wikimedia projects and languages, but mostly to the English Misplaced Pages. I was an elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation between 2004 and 2006.
In 2004, I founded Wikia, a free wiki hosting site, which aims to build communities by extending the model of Misplaced Pages into areas that are not encyclopedic or otherwise not suited to this project. Wikia follows Misplaced Pages's policies of accepting only free content (as defined by FreeContentDefinition.org) and allowing open editing. My hope is for these two goals to continue to be sought on both projects, and that the organisations running them (The Wikimedia Foundation and Wikia, Inc.) strive to maintain openness and transparency in their management of those.
I am originally from England, but now live in Australia with my boyfriend Tim Starling.
Resignation
Dear Wikimedians,
I have decided resign from the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation.
There are many reasons behind my decision. Overall, it's not because I'm unhappy being involved with Wikimedia, though I am concerned about certain events and tendencies that have arisen within the organisation since the start of this year. I would prefer to be involved in Wikimedia from a different angle rather than focusing my attention on Board matters. I'm certainly not leaving -- just leaving the Board. I still intend to be involved with editing the projects, and with the formation of the Wikimedia Australia chapter, and, if the opportunities still arise, I hope to continue promoting the projects at conferences and other events.
It's been a great two years and I've enjoyed the role, but the collaborative consensus-based nature Wikimedia had before the start of this year continues to deteriorate and it's no longer an environment I can work effectively in.
My resignation will be effective upon the election of my successor. Elections will be held in September, and the planning for those should begin immediately. Discussions are currently underway about general restructuring of the Board, and it is possible more positions will be available by the time the election starts. I would like to encourage anyone who shares the Foundation's goal of distributing free content to become more involved in the organisation and to consider standing in the upcoming elections.
There are a lot of changes planned to the structure of the Foundation but I'm confident Anthere and Jimmy will manage those well and in accordance with what is best for the projects and the communities behind them.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Angela. 16:42, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
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Contact me: Misplaced Pages talk page | Email: abeesley@wikimedia.org | ICQ: 232724266 | IM: Wikiangela | IRC: Angela | Phone: +44 208 816 7308 (or 03 9018 7308 from Australia).
 I award you this barnstar for your tireless work organising the village pump and votes for deletion pages, greeting of newcomers, fixing of vandalism, and all the other places you help grease the wheels of Misplaced Pages. :) Martin 14:33, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC) |
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