Lila,
I don't want to get into what or who is right. The things I had to say I
already said in private forums. The discussions here and in others places
were already to heated and too longs to add more words.
Before we are movement, we are people. with feelings, with soul. I can not
even imagine how it was to be in your position during the last few months.
Reading the thing people wrote, the blames, the personal attacks. Some
people had right and justified concerns to raise, but sadly, we are great
movement, with great achievements, but we do not always treat and speak to
people with the respect they are entitled to.
I know many people disagreed with your strategy and your decisions, but as
I had the privilege to knew your personally during the last 2 years, I know
each one of them were truly in the favor of the movement in your personal
point of view.
Thank you for all the works during the last two years. For being available
to speak personally with each one of us. I learned a lot for each meeting
or conversation with you.
Thank you Lila, and good luck whatever will the roads will take you.
*Regards,Itzik Edri*
Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
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Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 8:51 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you, Lila.
Pine
On Feb 25, 2016 10:46, "Lila Tretikov" <lila(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Dear fellow Wikimedians,
It is with great respect that I have tendered, and the board has
accepted,
my resignation as Executive Director of the
Wikimedia Foundation earlier
this week. I am both inspired by, and proud of, the many great things we
have all accomplished at the Foundation over the last two years, most
significantly reversing the loss of our editorial community. I would like
to thank our Board of Trustees
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees> and Advisors
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board>, our Foundation
staff
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff_and_contractors>, as well as
the many outstanding community members
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Community> for their
support
and encouragement on this journey. I remain passionate about the value
and
potential of open knowledge and Wikimedia to
change the world. My last
day
at the Foundation will be March 31, 2016.
Wikimedia occupies a special place in the world. It is a cultural and
technological revolution. Change is necessary to keep it thriving. In
bringing me in as the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation the
Board tasked me with making changes
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lila_Tretikov%27s_statement_on_Why_we%27ve_…
to
serve the next generation and ensure our impact in the future. Driving
these changes has been challenging, and I have always appreciated the
open
and honest discourse we have had along the way.
However, I am moved by
the
accomplishments we have achieved during this
time:
-
Strategically, we laid out our summary of the vision for united in
knowledge
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:WMF_Strategy_Preview,_WMF…
and future of Wikimedia last June.
-
Operationally, we have reformed our procedures and initiated key
performance
metrics and reviews
<
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/20/foundation-quarterly-report-july-septe…
.
-
Technologically we have introduced innovative approaches such as
machine
learning
<
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/11/30/artificial-intelligence-x-ray-specs/&g…
and mobile
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/15/immersive-mobile-experience/>
applications, started improvements in search
<
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/12/23/search-and-discovery-on-wikipedia/
,
grew translations
<
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/29/content-translation-50000-articles/
and dramatically improved website performance
<
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/12/29/how-we-made-editing-wikipedia-twice-as…
.
In 2015, we made visual editor the default for all new users on
English
Wikipedia.
-
We united our community support departments and created a new
community
tech team to address community needs
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2015_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Status_repor…
.
-
Profoundly, for the first time in seven years, highly active editor
numbers have increased
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/25/wikipedia-editor-numbers/> and
overall editor decline has stopped.
-
Equitably, I am proud of our efforts to address the gender gap
<
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/04/inspire-campaign-funds-gender-diversit…
,
our growing focus on site safety and anti-harassment
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/?s=harassment> initiatives and child
protection -- I believe these are essential to protecting the
fundamental
principles of tolerance, open discourse and mutual respect -- our
greatest
strengths.
-
We fought against censorship and surveillance
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/opinion/stop-spying-on-wikipedia-users.ht…
,
which pose severe existential threats to our mission of free
knowledge.
-
Financially, we grew rapidly in 2014 to seed and launch the Wikimedia
Endowment <https://15.wikipedia.org/endowment.html> and secure our
future for years to come.
I move on with confidence that the Foundation can meet new challenges in
a
challenging environment. I believe in our ability
to continue to lead
through this change. At this critical juncture for the Foundation, and
for
the free and open knowledge movement as a whole,
solidarity, creativity,
adaptability and passion will continue to propel our movement forward,
and
empower our vision towards our future.
I will support the process of identifying our new leadership in every way
that I can, and offer my assistance to the Board as they conduct their
search for my successor. It has been an honor to serve and to contribute
to
our great movement.
With warm regards,
Lila
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