[Foundation-l] Announcement: Pete Forsyth leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

[Florence Devouard]

Hmmmmm,

Well,

Thank you for your job at WMF Pete. I missed you on irc chan this 
evening. Will be glad to chat with you about your next job :)

Ant


On 1/13/11 9:24 PM, Frank Schulenburg wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This email is to announce that Pete Forsyth's year-long position with
> the Foundation has come to an end and he is leaving us January 15,
> 2011. Pete's contract as Public Outreach Officer actually ended by in
> October 2010, but we asked him to stay on for an additional few months
> to finish a few things and during that time he also provided some
> critical help to Sara Crouse on grant proposals and reports.
>
> Pete's biggest achievement was to help with the first phase of our
> Public Policy Initiative. He conducted initial interviews with about
> 40 professors and other stakeholders in fall 2009. He also worked with
> Rod Dunican, Sara and me to write the grant proposal for the Stanton
> Foundation in early 2010. In August 2010, Pete was involved in the
> training of the initial cohort of volunteer Wikipedia Campus
> Ambassadors. He also procured the donation to the commons of 18 high
> quality case studies by Cambridge University Press.
>
> As Public Outreach Officer, Pete worked with volunteers on outreach
> via screencasts, software feature development, and other initatives.
> He advised numerous Wikimedia projects in community relations and
> advised staff on onboarding and training processes related to wiki
> skills and Wikimedia culture.
>
> For our Bookshelf project, Pete authored and edited instructional
> materials about Wikipedia and related projects. In addition to working
> on the Public Policy Initiative grant proposal, he worked with Sara
> developing and writing proposals and reports for grants for
> foundations including Hewlett, Stanton, Ford, and Google Charitable
> Giving Fund.
>
> During his time at the Wikimedia Foundation, Pete presented to
> graduate students and faculty at Princeton and Harvard university; and
> to museum Wikimedians, museum curators, librarians at Wikimania, the
> Chapters meeting, Recent Changes Camp, and Wikimedia France's GLAM
> event.
>
> Going forward, Pete will be working as a consultant on online peer
> production projects, and looks forward to continued collaboration with
> the Wikimedians and academics he has worked with while at the
> Foundation. In the near term, Pete will also continue to consult with
> Sara on foundation relations projects.
>
> I particularly appreciated Pete's deep insights into Wikpedia's
> culture and policies. His involvement in the Public Policy Initiative
> was key in linking Wikipedia peer production with higher education.
>
> I wish Pete all the very best for his future.
>
> Frank
>
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