[Foundation-l] Welcome Sue !

[Husky]

Welcome on board!

-- Hay / [[User:Husky]]

On 6/28/07, effe iets anders <effeietsanders at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Sue,
>
> good luck with your job here, I hope we will have a lot use from your
> experience and that you'll help move the Wikimedia Foundation to the
> next level!
>
> BR, Lodewijk
>
> 2007/6/27, Florence Devouard <anthere at anthere.org>:
> > Dear Wikimedians,
> >
> > Please join me in welcoming Sue Gardner to the Wikimedia Foundation. Sue
> > joins us today as a consultant and special advisor to the Wikimedia
> > Board of Trustees.
> >
> > Sue's arrival is an important step for Wikimedia as we continue to
> > evolve as an organization. We want to ensure sustainability and
> > reliability, as well as set the stage for future growth: Sue's role is
> > to help us do that. She is well-suited to the job: she's
> > consensus-oriented (which as we know is important in an organization
> > like ours), and she has experience leading change and managing
> > transitions like the one we're facing. She is sympathetic to our goals
> > and values, and also has some experience with collaborative projects.
> >
> > Sue will be responsible for assessing and improving all aspects of the
> > Foundation's operations. This means she'll be taking a look at how we do
> > things today –everything from staffing to fundraising to financial
> > controls– and recommending improvements.
> >
> > Sue comes to us from CBC.CA, the website of Canada's national public
> > broadcaster, and that country's largest and most popular news site.
> > Under her leadership as Senior Director there, CBC.CA more than doubled
> > its audience size, and won dozens of international awards. Prior to
> > running CBC.CA, she was a journalist for 10 years, writing for magazines
> > and newspapers, and making documentaries and talk programming for media
> > companies such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the British
> > Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio.
> >
> > Please join me in welcoming her.
> >
> >
> >
> > Florence Devouard
> > Chair Wikimedia Foundation
> >
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