On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Pine W
<wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Anasuya, I will miss you. You did fabulous work for WMF and I hope that
we
will continue to have the benefit of your wisdom.
Siko, I knew that you'd get promoted someday (: Question: who will
directly
run IEG? They will have big shoes to fill.
Thanks for your support, Pine. I'll sorely miss Anasuya as well, but
look
forward to working with Luis and all of you in this expanded capacity. As
for a program officer for IEG, that "who" is not yet settled, though we're
aiming to backfill quickly. For the next few weeks, I'll still be holding
down the IEG fort with support from the Community Resources team, as we
work towards a longer-term replacement. More about that soon!
Siko
Luis, congrats on the new role.
Pine
Pine
*This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/>
*One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of
our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water
we
must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in
which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad
fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do
not
know.*
*—Catherine Munro*
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Delphine Ménard <notafishz(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Anasuya, I'm whistling to a new tune already, get ready to dance. We'll
just change dance floors.
Thank you for it all and many many *hugs*
Luis, Siko, can't wait to work with you more, congrats on the new
responsibilities.
Asaf, 'bout time you stop killing kittens every time you introduce
yourself. And congrats for the step!
All the best,
Delphine
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:20 PM, Anasuya Sengupta <
asengupta(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Dear friends and colleagues, fellow adventurers on the Wikimedia
>
journey
-
> Goodbyes are overrated.[1] But since I’m sure this will be au revoir,
>
I’ll
> continue: I am leaving the Foundation as head of the Grantmaking
> department, at the end of March. This was not an easy decision to make;
> this is not an easy email to write.
>
> As some of you know, I have been battling health issues over the past
>
few
months. I’ve learnt sharp and intimate truths
about myself as I’ve
>
worked
to get better, and what I’ve kept coming back to
is the compassionate
>
but
fierce feminist slogan around self-care and
sustainability: ‘what’s the
> point of the revolution if we can’t dance?’[2] To reassure you all, I
>
will
> be well,[3] but I need a little time and space to focus on getting my
> dancing legs strong again.
>
> That said, I am pleased that we have a really solid plan in place as I
> leave. As Lila’s email announced, Luis Villa (our current Deputy
>
General
Counsel) will be taking over the team effective
immediately, and
>
leading
the organisation further in our support of
Wikimedia communities
>
worldwide.
> Luis brings with him a range of skills and qualities that I know will
>
stand
> him, the team, and the movement in wonderful stead through it all. As a
> friend and colleague, I am so delighted to be supporting Luis through
>
the
next few weeks of transition.
>
> I joined the Foundation in July 2012 to oversee and implement the FDC
> process. Since then, I’ve had the privilege of creating and leading a
> department of more than twenty remarkable and passionate people who
>
care
about our mission, our communities, and the
resources needed to match
>
the
two.
>
> We went from Asaf managing a small grants portfolio on his own, ably
> supported on occasion by Winifred, to a fully fledged grantmaking
> department with a spectrum of monetary and non-monetary resources. We
>
have
> been able to offer these in different ways to different parts of our
> movement: to individual volunteers with great ideas in need of project
> management, to small groups experimenting with new initiatives, and to
> established organisations who form critical content and policy
>
partnerships
> in their local contexts. We built an infrastructure for understanding
>
our
collective impact. We learned together about what
our different
>
communities
> are doing globally, about the successes and challenges we have, and
>
above
all: about how we can, together, create a more
powerful set of outcomes
>
for
> free knowledge.
>
> In doing so, I’ve had the joy of discovery,[4] of learning from and
>
with
some of the most dedicated volunteers in the
world, who believe that
> knowledge matters. Most importantly, that it’s not only free knowledge
> _for_ all that we seek, but even more critically, that we believe in
> knowledge _from_ and _with_ all.
>
> And I’ve discovered that the nerdy, geeky, obsessed-with-data part of
>
me
found a home in this extraordinary universe,
where everybody’s
> “unimaginable,
> magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds” can find
>
expression.[5] I
look forward to the day when my worlds find more
space on Wikipedia,
>
when
80% of the globe is represented by far more than
20% of the edits, when
> much more than 15% of our contributors can self-identify as women. Till
> then, I’ll keep fighting notability one article at a time...[6]
>
> So thank you for sharing your worlds with me, and no thanks for turning
>
me
> into an obsessive Wikimedian. :-) As I have learnt with you, I know I
>
have
> done so with trust, and as I have challenged you, I hope I have done so
> with respect. I look forward to continuing our friendships and
>
obsessions
on a wiki near you.
>
> With appreciation and gratitude,
>
> Anasuya
>
> p.s. You can find me in the future at my enWP user page (User:Anasuyas
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Anasuyas) or (dare I say it) on
> Facebook. Longer diatribes on liff, the universe and everything can be
>
sent
> to
anasuyaATsanmathi.org
>
> [1] Neil Gaiman, American Gods (Chapter 8)
>
> [2] Urgent Action Fund, a funder of women’s human rights defenders, has
> this book on sustainability:
>
>
>
http://urgentactionfund.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/
2012/06/WTPR-Final-Book.pdf
[3] And look forward to dancing together on the
beaches of a future
> Wikimania…
>
> [4] Sometimes frustrating, sometimes unbelievable, sometimes somewhat
> insane; but yes mostly, generous beyond belief, and always, joyous. :-)
>
> [5] More Neil Gaiman, from The Sandman:
>
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Sandman#A_Game_of_You
>
> [6]
>
>
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Key_
theme_-_Global_South,_WMF_Metrics_Meeting_February_2015.pdf&page=20
Ask Florence (User:Anthere) for _that_ story!
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Lila Tretikov <lila(a)wikimedia.org>
>
wrote:
> Dear Wikimedians,
>>
>> Among the WMF’s top priorities for 2015 is strengthening our
>>
> engagement
with Wikimedia editors and volunteers. Today we
are taking the first
>>
> step
> by bringing together the people who know our communities best and
>>
> asking
> them to break barriers and improve engagement. Everyone at the WMF
>>
> who
carries responsibilities directly related to the
communities will
>>
> join
a
> new Community Engagement department.
>>
>> I have asked Luis Villa to lead the Community Engagement organization
>>
> as
> the Senior Director of Community Engagement, reporting to me.
>>
> Promoting
from within the WMF for this critical role will
allow us to leverage
>>
> the
> knowledge and experience with our communities and reinforce the
>>
> strengths
> of our people.
>>
>> Luis’s experience with communities is lengthy and deep. He has been
>> involved in open communities since the late 1990s, from communities
>>
> as
small as the Lego Mindstorms hackers to those as
large as Mozilla. He
>> worked in open communities as a lawyer, a programmer, a bugmaster, an
>> engineering lead, a community leader, and a board member. Luis has
>> performed exceptionally within the Foundation and supported some of
>>
> our
most fruitful community engagements. The
Grantmaking, L&E, Education,
>> Community Advocacy and Community Liaisons teams will join the new
>>
> Community
>
>> Engagement department [2] under his leadership.
>>
>> Unfortunately, Anasuya Sengupta -- our beloved leader of grantmaking
>>
> --
will be leaving us due to personal health
concerns at the end of
>>
> March.
We
>
>> will invite you soon to celebrate her time with us, her work at the
>>
> WMF
and
>
>> the deep insight she brought to the Foundation. We are saddened to
>>
> see
her
>
>> go. The team she has nurtured will provide an important foundation
>>
> for
our
>
>> upcoming work.
>>
>> Siko Bouterse will move up to lead the day-to-day work of the
>>
> Grantmaking
>
>> team as Director of Community Resources, supervising all department
>>
> Grant
> programs and the Global South strategy. Siko has been instrumental in
>> innovating programs at the WMF, including initiatives like the
>>
> Teahouse[1]
>
>> and the IdeaLab[2] combining vision with strong support for volunteer
>> community, tough decision making, and great project management
>>
> skills.
These changes are an opportunity to improve the
coordination of our
>>
> work
> supporting the communities. To accelerate this, I have asked Luis to
>>
> lead
> an internal “tiger” team to better understand the needs, concerns and
>> priorities of our volunteers, and to develop recommendations for
>>
> future
programs. This work will be shared with all of
you as it becomes
>>
> available.
>
>> Please join me in congratulating Luis and Siko and in supporting our
>> teams. The Wikimedia communities are what makes the projects strong,
>> unique, and irreplaceable. This is the next step forward in our
>>
> support
to
>
>> them, and in service of our mission.
>>
>>
>> ~~~~Lila
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] As Director of Community Resources, Siko will oversee the
>>
> IdeaLab,
Annual Plan Grants, Project and Event Grants, and
Travel and
>>
> Participation
>
>> Support. Her team will include Katy Love, Winifred Olliff, Alex Wang,
>> Janice Tud, Jonathan Morgan, and Asaf Bartov. Asaf will also take on
>>
> a
new
>
>> title as Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities.
>>
>> [2] Rachel DiCerbo, Philippe Beaudette, Siko, and Anasuya’s other
>>
> direct
> reports, and their respective teams (CL, CA, and Grantmaking/GLEE)
>>
> will
report to Luis. The Engineering Community team
will be part of the
>>
> tiger
> team but will continue to report to Engineering.
>>
>> [3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse
>>
>> [4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab
>>
>>
>>
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>
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