[Foundation-l] Welcome Sue !

Yann Forget yann at forget-me.net
Thu Jun 28 11:27:29 UTC 2007


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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