New subject: [Wikimedia-l] [foundation-optional] A difficult goodbye

11 Jan 2019


      Thank you for your contributions to Wikimedia and the Wikimedia movement,
Victoria,
Regards, Scott
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Scott_WorldUnivAndSch
On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 5:31 PM Traci Sigmon tsigmon@wikimedia.org wrote:
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That sounds like an incredible opportunity, Victoria. It was great working
with you here and hope to cross paths again!
Traci
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On Jan 10, 2019, at 6:29 PM, Victoria Coleman vcoleman@wikimedia.org
wrote:
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Dear all,
I have some difficult news to share.
A few months ago and completely out of the blue, an opportunity came up
for me to exercise the full spectrum of my skills as the CEO of an early
stage mission oriented startup. It has been a mighty struggle between my
commitment to my team, the Foundation and  the movement and this
opportunity to bring all my skills to bear and build something from the
ground up to do good in the world. I will not lie to you - it has not been
easy. But ultimately I decided that I have to give it a go and I accepted
the offer. I plan on starting there on Feb 4th so my last day at the
Foundation will be Feb 1st.
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These past two years have been amongst the most enjoyable in my
professional career. I’ve enjoyed getting to know the movement and what
fuels it and I’ve been incredibly privileged to work with a Tech team like
no other. We have together strengthened the technical infrastructure of the
movement and while much work remains to be done we have a much stronger
team in place to take the mission to the next level. And I have personally
made friendships that will last a lifetime.
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The organization I will be moving to is Atlas AI, a public benefit
corporation supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. I will be leading an
exceptional team of AI and earth system science experts striving for
improvements in human well being through data driven insights. Our focus
areas are drawn from the UN’s sustainable development goals of no poverty
and zero hunger with emphasis on Sub Saharan Africa.
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I leave behind a Technology department that I am certain is well on the
way to achieving our vision to create the infrastructure for the free
knowledge movement. I am also pleased that during my tenure, we have built
leaders who are equipped to take on this challenge.
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Erika Bjune will be serving as interim CTO. Erika joined us a little
over two years ago and she has distinguished  herself as one of the finest
people leaders I have ever worked with. Both she and Katherine will have my
ongoing support — I will stay on in a consulting role to Erika on
organizational matters and for the mid term planning work we have ahead of
us in the remainder of the fiscal year.  I know that I am leaving the Tech
team in good hands until a permanent CTO is hired.
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I want to close this difficult message with my heartfelt thanks to all
of you for letting me be part of this incredible movement. Being a
Wikimedian is a great privilege. I wanted you to know that I’m not walking
away from something; I am walking towards  something that is very
important to me and the world. I will miss you all. Deeply. Truly. And a
lot!
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Victoria
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