[Foundation-l] [Announcement] New Head of Business Development: Kul Wadhwa

[Chad]

This is great and all Sue, but I'd love to know how we're financing
all this. I mean,
the fundraiser did great, but not quite as high as we'd like. Things
like keeping the
servers online would be a slightly higher priority in my book.

But maybe that's just me.

Chad

On Jan 3, 2008 7:26 PM, Sue Gardner <sgardner at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Brianna Laugher wrote:
> >
> > Thankyou to Vishal and welcome to Kul.
> > I am happy to hear he is familiar with Wikimedia Commons and Wikiversity. :)
> > Media is much more flexible than text and there are many, many
> > interesting things (partnerships aimed at spreading Wikimedia Commons
> > content) that could happen. So I look forward to seeing what might be
> > in store.
> >
> > BTW, I what happened to "Head of Development" (fundraising person)?
> > The job opening came and went with no word so far.
> >
>
> You're right - here's a quick update on where we are with all the active
> hiring. I just happen to have this on a whiteboard in front of me :-)
>
>  * Head of Communications: This is the position replacing Sandy, who
> can't move with us to San Francisco.
> We have found a great person, and we're just finalizing some last bits &
> pieces. I'll probably send out the announcement early next week.
>
>  * Head of Development (fundraising): We're in the middle of the
> interviewing process. That means the new person will probably be
> announced towards the end of January, with an end-of-January start
> date.  This is a new job: we have never had, to date, a staff position
> dedicated to fundraising.
>
>  * Chief Financial & Operating Officer:  Same thing: we're in the middle
> of interviewing, and will probably have a late January start.  This
> position is currently vacant, but we've had consultant support since July.
>
> That's basically it at the moment. Upshot: we've had really terrific
> applicants, and I'm very happy with the people we're recruiting. I think
> it will be a very good team.
>
>
>
>
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