[Foundation-l] Announcing Eugene Eric Kim as the Strategy Plan Project Manager

[Eugene Eric Kim]

Thanks for the welcome, Sue, and the kind words Steven! I'm glad to be
participating.

As Sue mentioned, I'll be ramping up for the next few weeks. As part
of that, we'll be setting up spaces for conversations. In the
meantime, don't hesitate to contact me with your thoughts, questions,
or simply just to say hi. I'm anxious to hear your thoughts and ideas
about the process and the hoped-for outcomes.

Thanks again!

=Eugene

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Sue Gardner<sgardner at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I am delighted to announce that Wikimedia's collaborative strategy
> development project, which was first discussed here on this list a few
> months ago, will be led by Eugene Eric Kim.
>
> Eugene is principal and co-founder of Blue Oxen Associates
> <http://blueoxen.com/>, a San Francisco-based socially-conscious
> consulting firm that focuses on understanding and improving how people
> collaborate. He's worked at all levels of the collaborative process,
> from strategy development to facilitation. His past clients have
> included People for the American Way, NASA, the Institute for
> International Education, Socialtext, and the Sierra Club.
>
> Eugene is also a long-time member of the Wiki community. He is the
> co-author of PurpleWiki, he spoke at the first Wikimania in Frankfurt,
> he was a keynote speaker at WikiSym 2006, and he was one of the
> instigators of the first RecentChangesCamp.
>
> Eugene will start today, July 13.  He'll work in our San Francisco
> office. He will report to me, and the project's Facilitator and
> Research Analyst will report to him.
>
> I expect he'll take the first few weeks to catch up on the thinking
> that's been done so far, and you'll start hearing from him soon. We
> expect planning to take a few months, and the project itself will
> likely formally kick off shortly after Wikimania.
>
> I am thrilled to have Eugene join us for the strategy project, the
> Wikimedia Foundation's top priority in 2009-10.  His wealth of
> experience and his deep understanding of our world make him a perfect
> partner to lead this project on our behalf.  Please join me in
> congratulating and welcoming him.  Also, my thanks to Erik Moeller and
> Jennifer Riggs for sitting on the hiring committee.
>
> Thanks,
> Sue

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