Oh :( this is so sad. You were such an inspiration for me. Thank you for everything that you have done to help Wikimedians of Albania and for me. All the best for the future <3, I hope to see you again. Many hugs, Greta
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Josh Lim jamesjoshualim@yahoo.com wrote:
Dear Anna,
I can’t thank you enough for all the work you’ve done to help us get to where we are today. We wouldn’t have an Education Program, nor would we have been able to effectively leverage our partnership with Smart Communications here in the Philippines, if it weren’t for your efforts. For that, Wikimedia Philippines is forever grateful.
But at the same time, as a Wikipedian, I am eternally grateful for all the advice, the stories, and lessons and, most especially, the laughs. It was definitely awesome seeing you at Wikimania. I was certainly hoping to see you this year if I get the chance to. But either way, know that we will always be here for you, as we hope you will be for us.
If we had to look for examples of awesome Wikimedians, you definitely count as one. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for everything, and we will definitely miss you. Hopefully, somewhere, someday, our paths will cross once again.
Many hugs from Manila,
Josh
Wiadomość napisana przez Anna Koval akoval@wikimedia.org w dniu
10.02.2016, o godz. 01:49:
Dear friends,
During the past three years, I have been privileged to be a part of this movement and this organization.
I have been honored to be your colleague and to work with you in service
of
the sum of all knowledge.
In particular, I wish to note particular projects that have inspired me very much.
- Working with Philippe Beautdette, Maggie Dennis, James Alexander, and
Jan Eisfeldt to keep our community safe from threats of harm. [1]
- Working with Patrick Earley, Nick Wilson, Erica Litrenta, Sherry
Snyder, Oliver Keyes, and James Forester on the rollout of
VisualEditor. [2]
- Working with Yana Welinder and Heather Walls to design a
user-friendly
trademark policy. [3] [4]
- Working with Siko Bouterse to support Individual Engagement Grants
and
movement diversity. [5] [6]
- Working with Jake Orlowitz to promote the Wikipedia Library and the
Wikipedia Adventure. [7] [8]
- Working with Jaime Anstee, Edward Galvez, Amanda Bittaker to
encourage
evaluation and learning. [9]
- Working with Asaf Bartov to encourage regional cooperation in Central
and Eastern Europe. [10]
- Working with Floor Koudijs. Tighe Flanagan, Kacie Harold, Samir
Elsharbaty, Rodney Dunican, Sage Ross, Jami Mathewson, and LiAnna
Davis on
the Wikipedia Education Program. [11]
The Wikipedia Education Program is especially near and dear to my heart.
It
is a means of educating readers, recruiting contributors, and creating quality content. Since 2014, the number of education initiatives around
the
world has increased by 36%. [12] [13] And 25% of all education programs
are
in one of the regions that I directly supported. [14] I am so proud of
what
they have accomplished. And I am enthusiastic about what great things
they
have yet to achieve.
I want to thank and compliment my current manager, Floor Koudijs. She is
a
competent, considerate, conscientious leader, and her diplomacy skills
are
unsurpassed. I am confident that the education team and the education program will continue to excel under her leadership. They are in the best hands.
I want to thank and compliment my hiring manager, Maggie Dennis. She had faith that, although I wasn’t an active community member, I could be
taught
to be a good community advocate. I am so proud that I proved her right.
She
taught me how to work in accordance with and to have the utmost respect
for
the wiki way. [15]
Wikipedia is a miracle, a monument to altruism. It is vital to the
internet
ecosystem, and it is vital to the education system. I hope that more
young
people especially will find their way to it and help out. And when they
do,
I hope that they are met with wise mentorship from veteran community members, just as I was.
I intend to remain a Wikipedian even after I am no longer a WMF staff member. And, with that promise, I’ll see you on the wikis. [16]
All the best, Anna Koval, M.Ed.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Threats_of_harm [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor [3] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy [4]
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/29/designing-a-user-friendly-trademark-pol...
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library [8] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Adventure [9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation [10]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Central_and_Eastern_Europe
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education/Countries&old...
[13] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Countries [14]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ACEE_2015_State_of_the...
[15] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_wiki_way [16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msannakoval
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