Congratulations, Abraham, on this important interim role!!
Katy
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.poore@gmail.com wrote:
Congratulations to Abraham Taherivand for his new role as Interim Executive Director, and to Christian for moving into his new position as Undersecretary.
And I want to recognize the good work of the WMDE Supervisory Board for managing this transition process well. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Dan Garry dgarry@wikimedia.org wrote:
Congratulations Christian! Having an advocate for the Wikimedia movement
in
such a position is definitely a good thing. :-)
And, congratulations Abraham! I look forward to working with you in your new role.
Dan
On 8 December 2016 at 16:47, Christian Rickerts < christian.rickerts@wikimedia.de> wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
As Tim has already written, with effect from today I have stepped down
from
the position as Executive Director and handed over the business to
Abraham.
Tomorrow I will take the oath in my new position.
I am looking back today at an incredible exciting, busy and funny time
and
I am proud to see what we were able to achieve together. I also want to thank you for all the warm and cheering messages I received after Tims announcement.
WMDE is in very good hands with Abraham, with a great team and solid structures and processes in place. Therefore I am leaving with a tear in one eye and a smile in the other.
Congratulation Abraham (!) and good bye,
Christian
Am 08.12.2016 15:52 schrieb "Tim Moritz Hector" < tim-moritz.hector@wikimedia.de>:
Dear Wikimedians,
Earlier this week I informed you that Christian Rickerts might become
the
Undersecretary of State for the new Berlin ministry of economy, energy
and
enterprises. This has been confirmed today and Christian has stepped
down
from his WMDE role.
I am very pleased to announce that the WMDE Supervisory Board appointed Abraham Taherivand as Interim Executive Director as of 8 December 2016.
Abraham has joined WMDE in March 2012 and is the Head of our Software Development department. He has been on the transition team during the
last
ED search, has headed our works council and has been appointed deputy of the Executive Director recently. In his multiple roles, Abraham’s
decisions
have always been made in the sense of the Wikimedia Deutschland as a
whole.
With immediate effect, he has the full rights and duties of the
Executive
Director and will also continue to lead the Software Development Department.
This solution allows us as a board to approach the next steps with the necessary calmness and deliberate thought. On 28-29 January 2017, we
will
meet for our regular board retreat and discuss all questions regarding
the
permanent filling of the ED position.
Christian, once again a big thank you for your work with us. Congratulations and a good start in politics. I would like to thank you, Abraham, for your agreement to take on this crucial task and look
forward
to the further, close cooperation with you!
I will keep you posted on future updates in the transition process.
For the Supervisory Board Tim Moritz Hector Chair
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