Welcome aboard, Ryan! Good to have you with us.
Warm regards,
K.
On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:55 AM Isaac Olatunde <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Good news Katherine. I wish you all the best in your
new role Merkley.
Regards,
Isaac
On Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 8:56 AM Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <
itzik(a)wikimedia.org.il wrote:
Such great news! Welcome, Ryan!
*Itzik Edri*
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On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 1:02 AM Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)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-welcom…
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Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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