On 4/13/2015 6:10 PM, phoebe ayers wrote:
Dear Erik,
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all --
As Lila noted, since January 2008 I've worn many hats at the Wikimedia Foundation, and in the six years before that I was a Wikipedian, MediaWiki developer, and member of the WMF board of trustees. I became involved in Wikipedia when I was 22 years old. :)
Every so often when we talk, you will surprise me by telling me about one more thing in the Wikimedia universe that you thought of or created or were involved in over the past many years that I didn't realize you had a role in. It seems the list is never-ending.
I would find it difficult to come up with something Wikimedia-related in which Erik *was not* somehow involved in one way or another. Though I'm sure there must be obscure corners where he hasn't been active directly, his energy, commitment, and appreciation of the movement's potential make for a pretty pervasive influence. We have all benefited from his ideas and his hard work in building what we have achieved up to now.
--Michael Snow