[Wikimedia-l] Welcome: Siko Bouterse and Katy Love join the Grantmaking team at WMF

[Sydney Poore]

Glad to hear that you both are moving into these new roles. :-)

Sydney Poore
User:FloNight

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Nicole Ebber <nicole.ebber at wikimedia.de>wrote:

> Congratulations, looking forward to working with you!
>
> Cheers,
> Nicole
>
> On 16 January 2013 18:28, Patricia Pena <ppena at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > Great news! Congrats Siko and Katy!
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Fabrice Florin <fflorin at wikimedia.org
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:52 PM,
> wikimedia-l-request at lists.wikimedia.orgwrote:
> >>
> >> Congrats, Siko and Katy!
> >>
> >> So glad to hear you'll be spearheading these important initiatives.
> >>
> >> Siko, I'm thrilled that we'll keep working together in your new role.
> >>
> >> Katy, welcome aboard! Look forward to meeting with you next week ...
> >>
> >> Onward!
> >>
> >>
> >> Fabrice
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:51:31 -0800
> >> > From: Anasuya Sengupta <asengupta at wikimedia.org>
> >> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> >> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome: Siko Bouterse and Katy Love join the
> >> >       Grantmaking team at WMF
> >> > Message-ID:
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> >> >
> >> > Dear all,
> >> >
> >> > As you know, we recently re-named the Global Development department at
> >> the
> >> > Wikimedia Foundation, as the Grantmaking and Programs department. The
> >> > Grantmaking team is committed to supporting our community and meeting
> our
> >> > shared goals at the different levels of contribution - whether
> >> individuals,
> >> > groups or organisations -  and we will be working with you over the
> next
> >> > few months to deepen our strategies for doing so, and for evaluating
> our
> >> > impact.
> >> >
> >> > In the meantime, however, I am delighted to announce some changes to
> the
> >> > Grantmaking team that reflect this commitment. Siko Bouterse [1]
> needs no
> >> > introduction to most of you, having worked at WMF since 2011, most
> >> recently
> >> > coordinating the Fellowships program. Siko is coming on to the
> >> Grantmaking
> >> > team as Head of Individual Engagement Grants, a program that will
> support
> >> > individual or small team projects for online impact. This is to be
> >> launched
> >> > later today... watch out for Siko's announcement and details of the
> >> > program, coming soon to a wiki near you. Siko will also shortly be
> taking
> >> > on the responsibility for the Participation Support Program (which WMF
> >> and
> >> > WMDE fund together), and supporting the documentation and analysis of
> our
> >> > project-based grants. We are really pleased to have Siko's experience
> and
> >> > insights on our team.
> >> >
> >> > Katy Love is new to the team, the organisation and the movement, but I
> >> have
> >> > no doubt that her experience and insights, as well, will help us be
> more
> >> > effective. Katy has just joined us as the Senior Program Officer for
> the
> >> > Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) [2] with a passion for strategic
> and
> >> > impactful grantmaking, participatory collaborative work, and
> transparent
> >> > decision-making. Her background spans philanthropic activities and NGO
> >> > programs, systems, and operations. She spent the last four years at
> CARE
> >> > International with the Emergency Capacity Building Project, a
> >> collaboration
> >> > between six of the largest NGOs, aimed at improving humanitarian
> >> response.
> >> >
> >> > Please join me in welcoming them to our team!
> >> >
> >> > Warmly,
> >> > Anasuya
> >> >
> >> > [1] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Sbouterse
> >> > [2] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=owwHWfwp&c=qSa9VfwQ
> >> >
> >> > --
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> >> > Senior Director of Grantmaking
> >> > Wikimedia Foundation*
> >> > *
> >> > *
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