Wait - how many people did Doug Stamper murder?
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 5:54 PM effe iets anders effeietsanders@gmail.com wrote:
Congrats Ryan!
The main question here at Wikimania is really... Will you be more like Leo McGarry or like Doug Stamper as far as it comes to problem solving? :)
Lodewijk
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 07:33 Rajeeb Dutta marajozkee@gmail.com wrote:
Congrats Ryan & all my best wishes, thanks Katherine for the update.
Best Regards, Rajeeb. (U: Marajozkee) Sent from my iPhone
On 13-Aug-2019, at 10:15 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hi everyone,
I’m excited to let you all know that Ryan Merkley, formerly CEO of
Creative Commons, is joining the Wikimedia Foundation as my new chief of staff.
Many of you have met Ryan before -- at CC Summit, Wikimania, Wikimedia
Summit, or MozFest. He’s a leader in open source, open knowledge, and free-culture communities, and for the past five years, he’s been the CEO
of
Creative Commons, initiating programs like CC search to index all 1.6 billion licensed works online. He’s passionate about the power of the commons, and the role that everyone can play in making it sustainable and open to all. I couldn’t be happier he’s now bringing this passion and experience to our movement.
In Ryan’s own words, “My heart has always been in open communities, and
the power of collective acts -- that is, the things that people can only do when they work together, like building a commons of free knowledge for every person.”
For now, Ryan’s two top priorities will be bolstering the work of the
movement strategy team and supporting the Board. He’ll support the
strategy
core team to move the Working Group recommendations into implementation within the community and Foundation over the course of the coming year. He’ll also serve as Board liaison to the Board of Trustees, strengthening the connections, communications, and coordination between Trustees and
the
Foundation. Internally, he’ll support the office of the Executive
Director,
acting in my stead on various projects.
I’m excited by this new role for an old friend of the open community.
Ryan knows our movement well. He has spent many hours with many Wikimedians, and understands the centrality of the community to the Wikimedia mission and identity. His background as a partner to Wikimedia, and a leader in the broader open movement will be invaluable to our work, and confirmation of the importance of community experience in Foundation leadership.
Ryan doesn’t start in his new role until Monday, September 16th.
However, he will be at Wikimania, so for those of you attending, please
say
hi, and join me in welcoming him to Wikimedia!
Katherine
P.S. This announcement can also be found on our news page:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/08/13/wikimedia-foundation-welcome...
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Katherine Maher (she/her) Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
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