[Wikimedia-l] Welcome: Siko Bouterse and Katy Love join the Grantmaking team at WMF

[Nicole Ebber]

Congratulations, looking forward to working with you!

Cheers,
Nicole

On 16 January 2013 18:28, Patricia Pena <ppena at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Great news! Congrats Siko and Katy!
>
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Fabrice Florin <fflorin at wikimedia.org>wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:52 PM, wikimedia-l-request at lists.wikimedia.orgwrote:
>>
>> Congrats, Siko and Katy!
>>
>> So glad to hear you'll be spearheading these important initiatives.
>>
>> Siko, I'm thrilled that we'll keep working together in your new role.
>>
>> Katy, welcome aboard! Look forward to meeting with you next week ...
>>
>> Onward!
>>
>>
>> Fabrice
>>
>> >
>> > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:51:31 -0800
>> > From: Anasuya Sengupta <asengupta at wikimedia.org>
>> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome: Siko Bouterse and Katy Love join the
>> >       Grantmaking team at WMF
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>> > Dear all,
>> >
>> > As you know, we recently re-named the Global Development department at
>> the
>> > Wikimedia Foundation, as the Grantmaking and Programs department. The
>> > Grantmaking team is committed to supporting our community and meeting our
>> > shared goals at the different levels of contribution - whether
>> individuals,
>> > groups or organisations -  and we will be working with you over the next
>> > few months to deepen our strategies for doing so, and for evaluating our
>> > impact.
>> >
>> > In the meantime, however, I am delighted to announce some changes to the
>> > Grantmaking team that reflect this commitment. Siko Bouterse [1] needs no
>> > introduction to most of you, having worked at WMF since 2011, most
>> recently
>> > coordinating the Fellowships program. Siko is coming on to the
>> Grantmaking
>> > team as Head of Individual Engagement Grants, a program that will support
>> > individual or small team projects for online impact. This is to be
>> launched
>> > later today... watch out for Siko's announcement and details of the
>> > program, coming soon to a wiki near you. Siko will also shortly be taking
>> > on the responsibility for the Participation Support Program (which WMF
>> and
>> > WMDE fund together), and supporting the documentation and analysis of our
>> > project-based grants. We are really pleased to have Siko's experience and
>> > insights on our team.
>> >
>> > Katy Love is new to the team, the organisation and the movement, but I
>> have
>> > no doubt that her experience and insights, as well, will help us be more
>> > effective. Katy has just joined us as the Senior Program Officer for the
>> > Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) [2] with a passion for strategic and
>> > impactful grantmaking, participatory collaborative work, and transparent
>> > decision-making. Her background spans philanthropic activities and NGO
>> > programs, systems, and operations. She spent the last four years at CARE
>> > International with the Emergency Capacity Building Project, a
>> collaboration
>> > between six of the largest NGOs, aimed at improving humanitarian
>> response.
>> >
>> > Please join me in welcoming them to our team!
>> >
>> > Warmly,
>> > Anasuya
>> >
>> > [1] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Sbouterse
>> > [2] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=owwHWfwp&c=qSa9VfwQ
>> >
>> > --
>> > ***Anasuya Sengupta
>> > Senior Director of Grantmaking
>> > Wikimedia Foundation*
>> > *
>> > *
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