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

Wed Jan 16 23:23:10 UTC 2013

Yes, this is great. Especially as one of the last fellow's - Siko has 
been a key component in supporting me professionally, as I move into a 
new "career," in open culture and communities, and to help me learn new 
skills in this field that I surely didn't expect to be working in when I 
was attending school to curate museum exhibitions :)  Without Siko's 
determination, drive, and encouragement I'd be still crying in the 
corner after Wikimania from the stress and frustration at trying to 
"close" a gender gap that I often feel is an impossible task.

What Siko has done for myself, and others in the program, has been 
extremely beneficial, and it broke my heart knowing that Siko's role at 
WMF was questionable because of the end of the fellowships. To see this 
new project created so quickly (I mean seriously!! Really really 
quickly!) and so beautifully, makes me really happy. And to know that 
others, around the world, will be able to execute projects that make an 
impact on the mission of the movement, is really great - and still get 
the guidance that Siko can provide.

I'll stop being so sappy :)

-Sarah

On 1/16/13 3:18 PM, Sydney Poore wrote:
> 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
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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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