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

[David Goodman]

At least from my perspective, I have found Pete exceptionally helpful.
I would have been considerably less active in many things this past
year without his encouragement.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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