You should never cancel the WikiDancers
--Kul
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 6:42 PM, James Alexander
<jalexander(a)wikimedia.org>wrote;wrote:
Oh no, when the staff found out we decided to still
have the party.
James
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 6:37 PM, George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com
wrote:
Does that mean we should cancel the cake and
WikiDancers?
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi folks - I'm happy to report that there's been a beneficial turn of
> events from the original announcement a few weeks ago. Apologies for
the
delay in
getting back you.
After some reflection and conversations I've decided to change course
from
> my original plans and stay on with the Foundation. I spent a lot of
time
reviewing
succession plans, looking at future communications projects,
and
chatting with me team and realised that some
awesome and important work
was
> still ahead of me.
>
> You really only get one chance to work at an extraordinary place like
the
> Wikimedia Foundation. We impact millions of
lives every day, and the
tens
> of thousands of people like you - our
amazing volunteers - have high
> expectations of us. I am energized by the opportunity to protect our
> projects and move the platform forward. It's tough work, but it's
> incredible to see how it all comes together.
>
> I heard and read some really wonderful comments since Geoff sent out
this
notice,
and I want to thank everyone for your kind words. It definitely
helped me think about the work we've done together, and the incredible
work
> that's not yet done.
>
> Looking forward to pressing ahead with you all.
>
> Jay
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Geoff Brigham <
gbrigham(a)wikimedia.org
>
wrote:
> >
> >> *Next week, we’re saying goodbye to our long-term Head of
> Communications,
> >> Jay Walsh. He will be starting shortly a new adventure working at a
San
>
Francisco based start-up in corporate communications. His last day at
the
> Foundation will be Tuesday, October 23. The
Foundation will be kicking
off
> a search process for a new head of
communications, and in the interim
we’ll
>> also be receiving communications strategy from our advisers at
Minassian
>
Media, a consultancy that helped us manage communications around
> Wikipedia’s tenth anniversary.
>
> Since Jay started at the Foundation in January 2008 he’s taken a lead
role
>> in shaping both the voice and identity of the Wikimedia Foundation,
and
has
>> played a critical function in supporting our projects. He’s been our
>> spokesperson on hundreds of media inquiries, helping to shape a
positive
>> and enlightened perspective on our
projects in some of the biggest
media
>
outlets in the world. Jay has provided communications counsel on major
> initiatives to almost everyone at the Foundation, and I’m sure to many
of
> you throughout our community.
>
> Since starting at WMF Jay has grown the communications team, which now
> includes roles supporting movement communications, global media
outreach,
> and merchandise. Under his leadership we
created and grew a blog which
now
>> sees up to 40 posts a month, a social media presence with over a
million
>
followers, and content published in many localized languages. Jay
helped us
> bring the Foundation’s first four annual
reports to the world, and he
gave
> us a voice and open identity for great events
like Wikipedia 10.
>
> We’ve been fortunate to have strong communications leadership for a
period
of rapid
growth for our projects and our movement. Please join me in
wishing Jay well on his next steps. We will miss him.*
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