Re: About me stepping down...

Hi all, but especially Guillaume,

Thank you very much for your work on the board and especially as the
treasurer, that's a hell of a job dealing with tax authorities.

I hope to see you at one of the upcoming conferences.

Cheers

Stefanie

On 13.01.20 09:39, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I won't stand for reelection. I've been on the board for something
> like 10 years, as co-treasurer for 2 years (with Jean-Paul Argudo as
> treasurer), and another 8 years as treasurer (if memory helps). It's
> time for new people to come in.
>
> You may not know this but, if you're interested, you don't apply for a
> specific role. You apply to be on the board. The first meeting of the
> board will be to assign roles to all members of the board, though
> roles didn't change a lot lately. You may end up president, or
> secretary, or treasurer, or vice-something. Once on the board, the
> work to do is mostly administrative, dealing with companies such as
> banks, insurance, suppliers (for goodies for example), sponsors,
> venues, etc, making sure contracts are good enough, paying suppliers,
> dealing with the accountants, bank managers, insurance people. It's
> also making sure PostgreSQL European events will take place. Obviously
> PGConf.EU, and the PGDay before FOSDEM, but also PGConf.DE, PGDay
> Paris, Nordic PGDay. And then, there are a few more things to do, such
> as preparing and handling the yearly elections, and the General Assembly.
>
> Though this may sound boring (and to be fully honest, it is from time
> to time), I had a great time working with Andreas, Daniel, Dave,
> Gabriele, Gülçin, Jean-Paul, Julien, and Magnus. Thanks to all of them.
>
> So, here you go. We need someone new on the board!
>
> PS : Of course, I'll stay a member of PostgreSQL Europe, and will help
> as much as I can, especially during events (as staff or speaker or
> whatever ;) ).
>
>
> --
> Guillaume.