[Cc-hk] Stepping down as CCHK public lead

Rebecca MacKinnon rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com
Mon Dec 22 07:48:26 EST 2008


Dear all,

It has been an amazing year and I have been truly honored to work with the
team of volunteers and committed individuals who made it possible to launch
the Creative Commons Hong Kong license in October. We were incredibly
fortunate that Prof. Lessig and Joi Ito were able to come to the launch - an
honor that not all CC jurisdictions enjoy and testimony to your fabulous
work and high levels of commitment. Thanks to all of you who contributed to
CCHK in a range of ways since August 2007 when the project first got going.

In a late-breaking development, I have received a research grant to work on
a book that I have been wanting to write for awhile, but have not had the
time due to so many other commitments.  Therefore I will be taking a
year-long full-time leave from the JMSC beginning February 1st, 2009. Before
then I will be taking all my un-used vacation leave for most of January. As
I will be out of Hong Kong for most of 2009 and my funders expect me to
focus full-time on the book, it no longer makes sense for me to act as CCHK
public lead. So I am stepping aside effective immediately.

Fortunately Prof. Ying Chan, director of CCHK's host institution, the
Journalism and Media Studies Centre, and Pindar Wong, who served as the
hardworking chairman of our preparatory executive committee over the past
year, have agreed to share the role of Public Lead from now on. With their
Hong Kong roots and wide-ranging connections, and their passion about
promoting CC, they are the perfect team to lead CCHK in the post-launch
phase.

Yahong Li and Alice Lee of the Hong Kong University Faculty of Law, who
worked so hard on porting the CC license, will remain as Legal Leads. Of
course, Haggen So continues in his essential role as Research
Associate/Project manager for CCHK.

We have an extremely strong team in place surrounded by an enthusiastic
community. I'm certain that CCHK will have a bright future. I will certainly
remain on the cchk e-mail list and remain an enthusiastic supporter of both
CCHK and the global CC movement.

Finally, I would like to extend my thanks to other CC leads throughout the
Asia-Pacific region who have been so supportive and helpful. Particularly
Wang Chunyan of CC China Mainland and Chuang Tyng-Ruey of CCTW, whose
jurisdictions share a common written language with ours. We had the benefit
of learning from and building upon the experiences of those who launched
before us. It has been an honor to get to know them and I look forward to
remaining in touch in my less-official capacity.

Happy holidays to all of you!

All the best,
Rebecca

-- 
Rebecca MacKinnon
Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Ctr.
University of Hong Kong   (http://jmsc.hku.hk)
E-mail: rmack at hku.hk | Tel: +852-2219-4005
Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com

Co-founder: http://GlobalVoicesOnline.org
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