For nearly a decade, I worked (sometimes closely, sometimes not as closely) with Michelle Paulson. She dazzled me with her brilliance and her care for Wikimedia and Wikimedians around the globe. Anytime that I needed someone to fight with me because a Wikimedian was in some way threatened, I never had to check - because I knew that Michelle was either there ahead of me, or right besides me.
She is unwavering in her care for Wikimedians - she feels that calling very deeply. Wikimedia owes much to her.
But speaking personally, I've seen the toll that it took on her, and I've felt a touch of it myself. Michelle - go take a good long break. You've earned it. Well done, my friend. Well done.
philippe
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 7:44 AM, Tomasz Ganicz polimerek@gmail.com wrote:
2017-04-26 15:33 GMT+02:00 Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org:
Michelle
Michelle was one of my personally favourite employees of WMF with which I had occasion to meet face to face - so I wish her great continuation of her carrier somewhere else and be missing her.
Hopefully, our new General Counsel will be even better.
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