On 08/08/2012, at 4:41 AM, Barry Newstead &lt;bnewstead(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > Dear Wikimedia friends and colleagues, > > It is bittersweet for me to share with all of you that I will be leaving > the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of August to relocate to Australia for > personal reasons. > > It is difficult for me to leave Wikimedia and particularly leave the Global > Development team, which I’ve had the pleasure of building and leading over > the past two years. I am proud of what we have accomplished in raising the > priority of much of the globe within the Wikimedia movement, strengthening > our mobile strategy and education program, globalizing communications, and > tackling the difficult movement roles issues that I hope can be put in the > past. It hasn’t been easy or uncontroversial, but I truly believe that we > are heading in the right direction. > > One of the great joys of my work has been the opportunity to travel and > meet many amazing Wikipedians and to share the Wikimedia story with the > world. It is so inspiring to hear first hand how much people love our > projects and the amazing things that so many people do in support of the > movement. This is what helped me survive the many long flights and > jetlag-filled nights. It was an honour representing the Wikimedia > Foundation and often the Wikimedia movement in so many places. > > I am confident that the Global Development work will thrive with the team > in place and with all of the dedicated community members who see us as > partners. I look forward to becoming a volunteer member of the movement and > supporting the work in new ways. Sue will share plans for the transition > shortly. > > Many thanks to all who have supported me and our work. > > Kind regards, > Barry > > -- > Barry Newstead > Chief Global Development Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > Donate to Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l