Hello everyone,
It is with some sadness that I write to let you know that I have moved on to pastures new, and finished working for Wikimedia UK in the middle of September. I am sorry that I didn't write sooner but have been away on a much needed holiday.
Over the last three and a half years I have had the pleasure and privilege to work with some incredible people, both staff and volunteers. Being able to support the free and open knowledge movement in a professional capacity has been exciting, tiring, empowering, stressful, and the most incredible experience of my professional life.
Being able to make a contribution to this movement, for which I care deeply, has been an honour. I will continue to be involved as a volunteer, in the realms of communications, policy and advocacy.
There are too many people who have made such a positive impact on me personally and professionally to be able to name and thank them all individually. However, I do want to say a special thanks to my outstanding colleagues at Wikimedia UK who are the most talented and hard working group of people I have ever worked with. I want to also thank the volunteers and staff I have worked with closely over the years as Head of External Relations, especially in the areas of movement communications, campaigning, educational & IP policy, and digital democracy.
I've been lucky enough to meet, and work with, many smart and thoughtful people outside our movement and I hope that I've made a strong enough case for free and open knowledge for them to remain involved in this mission.
I'd love to continue to hear from you all so do feel free to email me – stevie.d.benton@gmail.com – or find me on Twitter or LinkedIn and thank you all once again for an amazing three and a half years.
With thanks and regards,
Stevie
Dear Stevie,
It was a pleasure working with you during my two years at WMUK.
My very best wishes for whatever you get up to next.
Jonathan
On 25 November 2015 at 13:39, Stevie Benton stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hello everyone,
It is with some sadness that I write to let you know that I have moved on to pastures new, and finished working for Wikimedia UK in the middle of September. I am sorry that I didn't write sooner but have been away on a much needed holiday.
Over the last three and a half years I have had the pleasure and privilege to work with some incredible people, both staff and volunteers. Being able to support the free and open knowledge movement in a professional capacity has been exciting, tiring, empowering, stressful, and the most incredible experience of my professional life.
Being able to make a contribution to this movement, for which I care deeply, has been an honour. I will continue to be involved as a volunteer, in the realms of communications, policy and advocacy.
There are too many people who have made such a positive impact on me personally and professionally to be able to name and thank them all individually. However, I do want to say a special thanks to my outstanding colleagues at Wikimedia UK who are the most talented and hard working group of people I have ever worked with. I want to also thank the volunteers and staff I have worked with closely over the years as Head of External Relations, especially in the areas of movement communications, campaigning, educational & IP policy, and digital democracy.
I've been lucky enough to meet, and work with, many smart and thoughtful people outside our movement and I hope that I've made a strong enough case for free and open knowledge for them to remain involved in this mission.
I'd love to continue to hear from you all so do feel free to email me – stevie.d.benton@gmail.com – or find me on Twitter or LinkedIn and thank you all once again for an amazing three and a half years.
With thanks and regards,
Stevie
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Stevie,
Jonathan's right - it was wonderful working with you... and I hope that, if you feel happy to come back and volunteer, I'll enjoy working with you in future too!
All the best wishes for the future,
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992
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On 25 November 2015 at 15:52, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear Stevie,
It was a pleasure working with you during my two years at WMUK.
My very best wishes for whatever you get up to next.
Jonathan
On 25 November 2015 at 13:39, Stevie Benton < stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hello everyone,
It is with some sadness that I write to let you know that I have moved on to pastures new, and finished working for Wikimedia UK in the middle of September. I am sorry that I didn't write sooner but have been away on a much needed holiday.
Over the last three and a half years I have had the pleasure and privilege to work with some incredible people, both staff and volunteers. Being able to support the free and open knowledge movement in a professional capacity has been exciting, tiring, empowering, stressful, and the most incredible experience of my professional life.
Being able to make a contribution to this movement, for which I care deeply, has been an honour. I will continue to be involved as a volunteer, in the realms of communications, policy and advocacy.
There are too many people who have made such a positive impact on me personally and professionally to be able to name and thank them all individually. However, I do want to say a special thanks to my outstanding colleagues at Wikimedia UK who are the most talented and hard working group of people I have ever worked with. I want to also thank the volunteers and staff I have worked with closely over the years as Head of External Relations, especially in the areas of movement communications, campaigning, educational & IP policy, and digital democracy.
I've been lucky enough to meet, and work with, many smart and thoughtful people outside our movement and I hope that I've made a strong enough case for free and open knowledge for them to remain involved in this mission.
I'd love to continue to hear from you all so do feel free to email me – stevie.d.benton@gmail.com – or find me on Twitter or LinkedIn and thank you all once again for an amazing three and a half years.
With thanks and regards,
Stevie
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Shame to see you go Stevie, you were a star! Lots of fun the few times we hung out. Best wishes for the next career step!
Tom
On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 at 16:00 Richard Symonds < richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Stevie,
Jonathan's right - it was wonderful working with you... and I hope that, if you feel happy to come back and volunteer, I'll enjoy working with you in future too!
All the best wishes for the future,
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992
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On 25 November 2015 at 15:52, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequers@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Stevie,
It was a pleasure working with you during my two years at WMUK.
My very best wishes for whatever you get up to next.
Jonathan
On 25 November 2015 at 13:39, Stevie Benton < stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hello everyone,
It is with some sadness that I write to let you know that I have moved on to pastures new, and finished working for Wikimedia UK in the middle of September. I am sorry that I didn't write sooner but have been away on a much needed holiday.
Over the last three and a half years I have had the pleasure and privilege to work with some incredible people, both staff and volunteers. Being able to support the free and open knowledge movement in a professional capacity has been exciting, tiring, empowering, stressful, and the most incredible experience of my professional life.
Being able to make a contribution to this movement, for which I care deeply, has been an honour. I will continue to be involved as a volunteer, in the realms of communications, policy and advocacy.
There are too many people who have made such a positive impact on me personally and professionally to be able to name and thank them all individually. However, I do want to say a special thanks to my outstanding colleagues at Wikimedia UK who are the most talented and hard working group of people I have ever worked with. I want to also thank the volunteers and staff I have worked with closely over the years as Head of External Relations, especially in the areas of movement communications, campaigning, educational & IP policy, and digital democracy.
I've been lucky enough to meet, and work with, many smart and thoughtful people outside our movement and I hope that I've made a strong enough case for free and open knowledge for them to remain involved in this mission.
I'd love to continue to hear from you all so do feel free to email me – stevie.d.benton@gmail.com – or find me on Twitter or LinkedIn and thank you all once again for an amazing three and a half years.
With thanks and regards,
Stevie
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And thanks to you Stevie, for all your hard work and commitment. It's been a pleasure working with you.
all the best
Fabian aka Leutha
On 25 November 2015 at 13:39 Stevie Benton stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hello everyone,
It is with some sadness that I write to let you know that I have moved on to pastures new, and finished working for Wikimedia UK in the middle of September. I am sorry that I didn't write sooner but have been away on a much needed holiday.
Over the last three and a half years I have had the pleasure and privilege to work with some incredible people, both staff and volunteers. Being able to support the free and open knowledge movement in a professional capacity has been exciting, tiring, empowering, stressful, and the most incredible experience of my professional life.
Being able to make a contribution to this movement, for which I care deeply, has been an honour. I will continue to be involved as a volunteer, in the realms of communications, policy and advocacy.
There are too many people who have made such a positive impact on me personally and professionally to be able to name and thank them all individually. However, I do want to say a special thanks to my outstanding colleagues at Wikimedia UK who are the most talented and hard working group of people I have ever worked with. I want to also thank the volunteers and staff I have worked with closely over the years as Head of External Relations, especially in the areas of movement communications, campaigning, educational & IP policy, and digital democracy.
I've been lucky enough to meet, and work with, many smart and thoughtful people outside our movement and I hope that I've made a strong enough case for free and open knowledge for them to remain involved in this mission.
I'd love to continue to hear from you all so do feel free to email me – stevie.d.benton@gmail.com mailto:stevie.d.benton@gmail.com – or find me on Twitter or LinkedIn and thank you all once again for an amazing three and a half years.
With thanks and regards,
Stevie
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Stevie,
Have fun in your new pastures and see you around as a volunteer soon!
Deryck On 25 Nov, 2015 2:15 pm, "Stevie Benton" stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hello everyone,
It is with some sadness that I write to let you know that I have moved on to pastures new, and finished working for Wikimedia UK in the middle of September. I am sorry that I didn't write sooner but have been away on a much needed holiday.
Over the last three and a half years I have had the pleasure and privilege to work with some incredible people, both staff and volunteers. Being able to support the free and open knowledge movement in a professional capacity has been exciting, tiring, empowering, stressful, and the most incredible experience of my professional life.
Being able to make a contribution to this movement, for which I care deeply, has been an honour. I will continue to be involved as a volunteer, in the realms of communications, policy and advocacy.
There are too many people who have made such a positive impact on me personally and professionally to be able to name and thank them all individually. However, I do want to say a special thanks to my outstanding colleagues at Wikimedia UK who are the most talented and hard working group of people I have ever worked with. I want to also thank the volunteers and staff I have worked with closely over the years as Head of External Relations, especially in the areas of movement communications, campaigning, educational & IP policy, and digital democracy.
I've been lucky enough to meet, and work with, many smart and thoughtful people outside our movement and I hope that I've made a strong enough case for free and open knowledge for them to remain involved in this mission.
I'd love to continue to hear from you all so do feel free to email me – stevie.d.benton@gmail.com – or find me on Twitter or LinkedIn and thank you all once again for an amazing three and a half years.
With thanks and regards,
Stevie
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Sad news! You've been great to work with Stevie, all the best for wherever you end up next. They'll be lucky to have you!
On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 at 21:55 Deryck Chan deryckchan@gmail.com wrote:
Stevie,
Have fun in your new pastures and see you around as a volunteer soon!
Deryck On 25 Nov, 2015 2:15 pm, "Stevie Benton" stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Hello everyone,
It is with some sadness that I write to let you know that I have moved on to pastures new, and finished working for Wikimedia UK in the middle of September. I am sorry that I didn't write sooner but have been away on a much needed holiday.
Over the last three and a half years I have had the pleasure and privilege to work with some incredible people, both staff and volunteers. Being able to support the free and open knowledge movement in a professional capacity has been exciting, tiring, empowering, stressful, and the most incredible experience of my professional life.
Being able to make a contribution to this movement, for which I care deeply, has been an honour. I will continue to be involved as a volunteer, in the realms of communications, policy and advocacy.
There are too many people who have made such a positive impact on me personally and professionally to be able to name and thank them all individually. However, I do want to say a special thanks to my outstanding colleagues at Wikimedia UK who are the most talented and hard working group of people I have ever worked with. I want to also thank the volunteers and staff I have worked with closely over the years as Head of External Relations, especially in the areas of movement communications, campaigning, educational & IP policy, and digital democracy.
I've been lucky enough to meet, and work with, many smart and thoughtful people outside our movement and I hope that I've made a strong enough case for free and open knowledge for them to remain involved in this mission.
I'd love to continue to hear from you all so do feel free to email me – stevie.d.benton@gmail.com – or find me on Twitter or LinkedIn and thank you all once again for an amazing three and a half years.
With thanks and regards,
Stevie
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Thanks for all you've done for WMUK, Stevie. I will miss your cheerful greetings every time I step into the office.
I wish you all the best for the future, but hope we'll get a chance to get together some time - in fact, if you do find yourself with a bit of free time, we could make that video of a training session that we always promised, but never found the time to do!
All the very best,
On 25 November 2015 at 13:39, Stevie Benton stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
It is with some sadness that I write to let you know that I have moved on
to pastures new, and finished working for Wikimedia UK in the middle of September. I am sorry that I didn't write sooner but have been away on a much needed holiday.
Stevie - It has always been a pleasure to work or socialise with you, and I hope to have the opportunity to do both again before too long. What's your new role? Good luck with it, whatever it is.
More generally: I'm disappointed - speaking as a member and volunteer - not to have had an announcement from WMUK that Stevie's post is no longer occupied, and information as to who will pick up his workload (or which parts are to be dropped). Disappointed, but not surprised, as my similar questions about the posts left vacant by the redundancies (or however staff were let go) earlier this year remain unanswered.
Dear all
Thanks for all your messages to Stevie, which I will forward to his personal email address to make sure that he gets them. I'm sure they will be much appreciated.
Andy, I totally understand your concern at the gap between Stevie's departure and the announcement, however it was agreed with Stevie that he would be the one to let everyone know. Plans for his replacement have been on hold while we were awaiting the FDC's recommendations for our annual grant from the Wikimedia Foundation; however I'm now hoping to advertise for a new Communications Co-ordinator in the new year. This post will be at a lower level than Stevie - mainly for financial reasons - and will have a slightly different emphasis. The advocacy work that Stevie was managing brilliantly will now be led by me, but will also involve staff from our programmes team as well as an advocacy working group that is being set up.
I don't know specifically what your questions were about the restructure and clearly that took place before I joined WMUK on 7th October, however I can certainly try to answer these if you let me know your concerns? You're welcome to contact me directly on lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk, or via this mailing list if you'd prefer.
With best wishes Lucy
On 29 November 2015 at 23:28, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On 25 November 2015 at 13:39, Stevie Benton < stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
It is with some sadness that I write to let you know that I have moved on
to pastures new, and finished working for Wikimedia UK in the middle of September. I am sorry that I didn't write sooner but have been away on a much needed holiday.
Stevie - It has always been a pleasure to work or socialise with you, and I hope to have the opportunity to do both again before too long. What's your new role? Good luck with it, whatever it is.
More generally: I'm disappointed - speaking as a member and volunteer - not to have had an announcement from WMUK that Stevie's post is no longer occupied, and information as to who will pick up his workload (or which parts are to be dropped). Disappointed, but not surprised, as my similar questions about the posts left vacant by the redundancies (or however staff were let go) earlier this year remain unanswered.
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Thanks everyone for your kind words. I think my subscription to this list has only just activated but I've seen the other replies on the list archive pages. I really appreciate your messages and I look forward to working with you all as a volunteer in the future.
Very best wishes,
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On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Lucy Crompton-Reid < lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Dear all
Thanks for all your messages to Stevie, which I will forward to his personal email address to make sure that he gets them. I'm sure they will be much appreciated.
Andy, I totally understand your concern at the gap between Stevie's departure and the announcement, however it was agreed with Stevie that he would be the one to let everyone know. Plans for his replacement have been on hold while we were awaiting the FDC's recommendations for our annual grant from the Wikimedia Foundation; however I'm now hoping to advertise for a new Communications Co-ordinator in the new year. This post will be at a lower level than Stevie - mainly for financial reasons - and will have a slightly different emphasis. The advocacy work that Stevie was managing brilliantly will now be led by me, but will also involve staff from our programmes team as well as an advocacy working group that is being set up.
I don't know specifically what your questions were about the restructure and clearly that took place before I joined WMUK on 7th October, however I can certainly try to answer these if you let me know your concerns? You're welcome to contact me directly on lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk, or via this mailing list if you'd prefer.
With best wishes Lucy
On 29 November 2015 at 23:28, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On 25 November 2015 at 13:39, Stevie Benton < stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
It is with some sadness that I write to let you know that I have moved on
to pastures new, and finished working for Wikimedia UK in the middle of September. I am sorry that I didn't write sooner but have been away on a much needed holiday.
Stevie - It has always been a pleasure to work or socialise with you, and I hope to have the opportunity to do both again before too long. What's your new role? Good luck with it, whatever it is.
More generally: I'm disappointed - speaking as a member and volunteer - not to have had an announcement from WMUK that Stevie's post is no longer occupied, and information as to who will pick up his workload (or which parts are to be dropped). Disappointed, but not surprised, as my similar questions about the posts left vacant by the redundancies (or however staff were let go) earlier this year remain unanswered.
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On 30 November 2015 at 13:44, Stevie Benton stevie.d.benton@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks everyone for your kind words. I think my subscription to this list has only just activated but I've seen the other replies on the list archive pages. I really appreciate your messages and I look forward to working with you all as a volunteer in the future.
A joy to work with you sir, and the volunteers will be most pleased to aid your replacement in getting up to speed :-)
- d.
On 30 November 2015 at 13:00, Lucy Crompton-Reid lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
however it was agreed with Stevie that he would be the one to let everyone know.
To be fair, as comms guy it was literally his job :-)
- d.
On 30 November 2015 at 13:56, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
however it was agreed with Stevie that he would be the one to let everyone know.
To be fair, as comms guy it was literally his job :-)
Not once he'd left ;-)
On 30 November 2015 at 13:00, Lucy Crompton-Reid lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
I'm now hoping to advertise for a new Communications Co-ordinator in the new year.
Who is looking after those duties in the interim?
I don't know specifically what your questions were about the restructure and clearly that took place before I joined WMUK on 7th October, however I can certainly try to answer these if you let me know your concerns?
Thank you. Please see this thread:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/2015-May/013015.html
and this one:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/2015-May/013036.html
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