Dear Wikimedians,
Please join me in welcoming Sue Gardner to the Wikimedia Foundation. Sue joins us today as a consultant and special advisor to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees.
Sue’s arrival is an important step for Wikimedia as we continue to evolve as an organization. We want to ensure sustainability and reliability, as well as set the stage for future growth: Sue’s role is to help us do that. She is well-suited to the job: she’s consensus-oriented (which as we know is important in an organization like ours), and she has experience leading change and managing transitions like the one we’re facing. She is sympathetic to our goals and values, and also has some experience with collaborative projects.
Sue will be responsible for assessing and improving all aspects of the Foundation’s operations. This means she’ll be taking a look at how we do things today –everything from staffing to fundraising to financial controls– and recommending improvements.
Sue comes to us from CBC.CA, the website of Canada’s national public broadcaster, and that country’s largest and most popular news site. Under her leadership as Senior Director there, CBC.CA more than doubled its audience size, and won dozens of international awards. Prior to running CBC.CA, she was a journalist for 10 years, writing for magazines and newspapers, and making documentaries and talk programming for media companies such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio.
Please join me in welcoming her.
Florence Devouard Chair Wikimedia Foundation
Hi Sue,
good luck with your job here, I hope we will have a lot use from your experience and that you'll help move the Wikimedia Foundation to the next level!
BR, Lodewijk
2007/6/27, Florence Devouard anthere@anthere.org:
Dear Wikimedians,
Please join me in welcoming Sue Gardner to the Wikimedia Foundation. Sue joins us today as a consultant and special advisor to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees.
Sue's arrival is an important step for Wikimedia as we continue to evolve as an organization. We want to ensure sustainability and reliability, as well as set the stage for future growth: Sue's role is to help us do that. She is well-suited to the job: she's consensus-oriented (which as we know is important in an organization like ours), and she has experience leading change and managing transitions like the one we're facing. She is sympathetic to our goals and values, and also has some experience with collaborative projects.
Sue will be responsible for assessing and improving all aspects of the Foundation's operations. This means she'll be taking a look at how we do things today –everything from staffing to fundraising to financial controls– and recommending improvements.
Sue comes to us from CBC.CA, the website of Canada's national public broadcaster, and that country's largest and most popular news site. Under her leadership as Senior Director there, CBC.CA more than doubled its audience size, and won dozens of international awards. Prior to running CBC.CA, she was a journalist for 10 years, writing for magazines and newspapers, and making documentaries and talk programming for media companies such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio.
Please join me in welcoming her.
Florence Devouard Chair Wikimedia Foundation
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Welcome on board!
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On 6/28/07, effe iets anders effeietsanders@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Sue,
good luck with your job here, I hope we will have a lot use from your experience and that you'll help move the Wikimedia Foundation to the next level!
BR, Lodewijk
2007/6/27, Florence Devouard anthere@anthere.org:
Dear Wikimedians,
Please join me in welcoming Sue Gardner to the Wikimedia Foundation. Sue joins us today as a consultant and special advisor to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees.
Sue's arrival is an important step for Wikimedia as we continue to evolve as an organization. We want to ensure sustainability and reliability, as well as set the stage for future growth: Sue's role is to help us do that. She is well-suited to the job: she's consensus-oriented (which as we know is important in an organization like ours), and she has experience leading change and managing transitions like the one we're facing. She is sympathetic to our goals and values, and also has some experience with collaborative projects.
Sue will be responsible for assessing and improving all aspects of the Foundation's operations. This means she'll be taking a look at how we do things today –everything from staffing to fundraising to financial controls– and recommending improvements.
Sue comes to us from CBC.CA, the website of Canada's national public broadcaster, and that country's largest and most popular news site. Under her leadership as Senior Director there, CBC.CA more than doubled its audience size, and won dozens of international awards. Prior to running CBC.CA, she was a journalist for 10 years, writing for magazines and newspapers, and making documentaries and talk programming for media companies such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio.
Please join me in welcoming her.
Florence Devouard Chair Wikimedia Foundation
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On 6/27/07, Florence Devouard anthere@anthere.org wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
Please join me in welcoming Sue Gardner to the Wikimedia Foundation. Sue joins us today as a consultant and special advisor to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees.
Sue's arrival is an important step for Wikimedia as we continue to evolve as an organization. We want to ensure sustainability and reliability, as well as set the stage for future growth: Sue's role is to help us do that. She is well-suited to the job: she's consensus-oriented (which as we know is important in an organization like ours), and she has experience leading change and managing transitions like the one we're facing. She is sympathetic to our goals and values, and also has some experience with collaborative projects.
Sue will be responsible for assessing and improving all aspects of the Foundation's operations. This means she'll be taking a look at how we do things today –everything from staffing to fundraising to financial controls– and recommending improvements.
Sue comes to us from CBC.CA, the website of Canada's national public broadcaster, and that country's largest and most popular news site. Under her leadership as Senior Director there, CBC.CA more than doubled its audience size, and won dozens of international awards. Prior to running CBC.CA, she was a journalist for 10 years, writing for magazines and newspapers, and making documentaries and talk programming for media companies such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio.
Please join me in welcoming her.
I'd like to welcome Sue, and congratulate the board for identifying this as a valuable role to fill in helping develop the Foundation's future growth plans. This was an appropriate and timely step, and Sue's experience seems an excellent match for our needs.
On 6/28/07, Florence Devouard anthere@anthere.org wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
Please join me in welcoming Sue Gardner to the Wikimedia Foundation. Sue joins us today as a consultant and special advisor to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees.
Welcome aboard, Sue. And thank you for your announcement, Florence.
Sue's arrival is an important step for Wikimedia as we continue to evolve as an organization.
Yeah, and sorry for crashing other news, opening for voting in [[m:Board elections/2007]] to this historic significant moment even it is a coincidence. But ... any way, your arrival can be hardly tainted by any other event, Sue :)
Again, welcome!
Welcome aboard, Sue. :)
-- H.T. (Ted) hsiangtai.chien@gmail.com http://www.wikimedia.tw
-----Original Message----- From: Aphaia
On 6/28/07, Florence Devouard anthere@anthere.org wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
Please join me in welcoming Sue Gardner to the Wikimedia Foundation. Sue joins us today as a consultant and special advisor to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees.
Welcome aboard, Sue. And thank you for your announcement, Florence.
Sue's arrival is an important step for Wikimedia as we continue to evolve as an organization.
Yeah, and sorry for crashing other news, opening for voting in [[m:Board elections/2007]] to this historic significant moment even it is a coincidence. But ... any way, your arrival can be hardly tainted by any other event, Sue :)
Again, welcome!
On 6/28/07, Florence Devouard anthere@anthere.org wrote:
Please join me in welcoming Sue Gardner to the Wikimedia Foundation. Sue joins us today as a consultant and special advisor to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees.
Firstly, welcome to Sue.
Secondly, and this is directed more at the Board, I understand that Sue has been hired as a "consultant and special advisor" and not as Executive Director at least partly because of immigration-related restrictions on the work she is presently entitled to perform in the United States. Will the Board be providing the community with a description of the position "consultant and special advisor"? Are there any substantive differences between this position and that of Executive Director?
On 6/28/07, Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
Secondly, and this is directed more at the Board, I understand that Sue has been hired as a "consultant and special advisor" and not as Executive Director at least partly because of immigration-related restrictions on the work she is presently entitled to perform in the United States. Will the Board be providing the community with a description of the position "consultant and special advisor"? Are there any substantive differences between this position and that of Executive Director?
I see no particular reason not to post Sue's job description, but I'll ask the Chair to confirm that.
The differences between a Board-level consultant and a freshly minted ED aren't that great, as the Board needs to build a trust relationship with this new staff member in either case. Beyond 3-6 months in the future, should the professional relationship develop as expected, this status will become too limiting, and I hope the remaining constraints can be removed within that timeframe.
Welcome, Sue! It sounds like you will be a real asset to the Foundation.
The differences between a Board-level consultant and a freshly minted ED aren't that great, as the Board needs to build a trust relationship with this new staff member in either case. Beyond 3-6 months in the future, should the professional relationship develop as expected, this status will become too limiting, and I hope the remaining constraints can be removed within that timeframe.
So, is the Board still looking for an ED, or are we going to operate with just a "consultant" instead for the next few months and possibly rearrange job titles then?
welcome aboard sue!
to the worldwide welcomes i herewith add my greetings from rotterdam ;-)
oscar
On 6/27/07, Florence Devouard anthere@anthere.org wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
Please join me in welcoming Sue Gardner to the Wikimedia Foundation. Sue joins us today as a consultant and special advisor to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees.
Sue's arrival is an important step for Wikimedia as we continue to evolve as an organization. We want to ensure sustainability and reliability, as well as set the stage for future growth: Sue's role is to help us do that. She is well-suited to the job: she's consensus-oriented (which as we know is important in an organization like ours), and she has experience leading change and managing transitions like the one we're facing. She is sympathetic to our goals and values, and also has some experience with collaborative projects.
Sue will be responsible for assessing and improving all aspects of the Foundation's operations. This means she'll be taking a look at how we do things today –everything from staffing to fundraising to financial controls– and recommending improvements.
Sue comes to us from CBC.CA, the website of Canada's national public broadcaster, and that country's largest and most popular news site. Under her leadership as Senior Director there, CBC.CA more than doubled its audience size, and won dozens of international awards. Prior to running CBC.CA, she was a journalist for 10 years, writing for magazines and newspapers, and making documentaries and talk programming for media companies such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio.
Please join me in welcoming her.
Florence Devouard Chair Wikimedia Foundation
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Hello,
Welcome on board Sue!
Yann
Florence Devouard a écrit :
Dear Wikimedians,
Please join me in welcoming Sue Gardner to the Wikimedia Foundation. Sue joins us today as a consultant and special advisor to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees.
Sue’s arrival is an important step for Wikimedia as we continue to evolve as an organization. We want to ensure sustainability and reliability, as well as set the stage for future growth: Sue’s role is to help us do that. She is well-suited to the job: she’s consensus-oriented (which as we know is important in an organization like ours), and she has experience leading change and managing transitions like the one we’re facing. She is sympathetic to our goals and values, and also has some experience with collaborative projects.
Sue will be responsible for assessing and improving all aspects of the Foundation’s operations. This means she’ll be taking a look at how we do things today –everything from staffing to fundraising to financial controls– and recommending improvements.
Sue comes to us from CBC.CA, the website of Canada’s national public broadcaster, and that country’s largest and most popular news site. Under her leadership as Senior Director there, CBC.CA more than doubled its audience size, and won dozens of international awards. Prior to running CBC.CA, she was a journalist for 10 years, writing for magazines and newspapers, and making documentaries and talk programming for media companies such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio.
Please join me in welcoming her.
Florence Devouard Chair Wikimedia Foundation
To add to the worldwide greetings for Sue, I say hello and welcome from my little corner of the Amazon. :-) --Maria Fanucchi User:Arria Belli
On 6/28/07, Yann Forget yann@forget-me.net wrote:
Hello,
Welcome on board Sue!
Yann
Florence Devouard a écrit :
Dear Wikimedians,
Please join me in welcoming Sue Gardner to the Wikimedia Foundation. Sue joins us today as a consultant and special advisor to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees.
Sue's arrival is an important step for Wikimedia as we continue to evolve as an organization. We want to ensure sustainability and reliability, as well as set the stage for future growth: Sue's role is to help us do that. She is well-suited to the job: she's consensus-oriented (which as we know is important in an organization like ours), and she has experience leading change and managing transitions like the one we're facing. She is sympathetic to our goals and values, and also has some experience with collaborative projects.
Sue will be responsible for assessing and improving all aspects of the Foundation's operations. This means she'll be taking a look at how we do things today –everything from staffing to fundraising to financial controls– and recommending improvements.
Sue comes to us from CBC.CA, the website of Canada's national public broadcaster, and that country's largest and most popular news site. Under her leadership as Senior Director there, CBC.CA more than doubled its audience size, and won dozens of international awards. Prior to running CBC.CA, she was a journalist for 10 years, writing for magazines and newspapers, and making documentaries and talk programming for media companies such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio.
Please join me in welcoming her.
Florence Devouard Chair Wikimedia Foundation
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