Congratulations, Abraham, on this important interim role!!
Katy
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Sydney Poore <sydney.poore(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Congratulations to Abraham Taherivand for his new role
as Interim
Executive Director, and to Christian for moving into his new position
as Undersecretary.
And I want to recognize the good work of the WMDE Supervisory Board
for managing this transition process well.
Sydney
Sydney Poore
User:FloNight
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Dan Garry <dgarry(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Congratulations Christian! Having an advocate for
the Wikimedia movement
in
such a position is definitely a good thing. :-)
And, congratulations Abraham! I look forward to working with you in your
new role.
Dan
On 8 December 2016 at 16:47, Christian Rickerts <
christian.rickerts(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> As Tim has already written, with effect from today I have stepped down
from
> the position as Executive Director and handed
over the business to
Abraham.
> Tomorrow I will take the oath in my new
position.
>
> I am looking back today at an incredible exciting, busy and funny time
and
> I am proud to see what we were able to
achieve together. I also want to
> thank you for all the warm and cheering messages I received after Tims
> announcement.
>
> WMDE is in very good hands with Abraham, with a great team and solid
> structures and processes in place. Therefore I am leaving with a tear in
> one eye and a smile in the other.
>
> Congratulation Abraham (!) and good bye,
>
> Christian
>
> Am 08.12.2016 15:52 schrieb "Tim Moritz Hector" <
> tim-moritz.hector(a)wikimedia.de>gt;:
>
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> Earlier this week I informed you that Christian Rickerts might become
the
> Undersecretary of State for the new Berlin
ministry of economy, energy
and
> enterprises. This has been confirmed today
and Christian has stepped
down
> from his WMDE role.
>
> I am very pleased to announce that the WMDE Supervisory Board appointed
> Abraham Taherivand as Interim Executive Director as of 8 December 2016.
>
> Abraham has joined WMDE in March 2012 and is the Head of our Software
> Development department. He has been on the transition team during the
last
> ED search, has headed our works council and
has been appointed deputy of
> the Executive Director recently. In his multiple roles, Abraham’s
decisions
> have always been made in the sense of the
Wikimedia Deutschland as a
whole.
> With immediate effect, he has the full rights
and duties of the
Executive
> Director and will also continue to lead the
Software Development
> Department.
>
> This solution allows us as a board to approach the next steps with the
> necessary calmness and deliberate thought. On 28-29 January 2017, we
will
> meet for our regular board retreat and
discuss all questions regarding
the
> permanent filling of the ED position.
>
> Christian, once again a big thank you for your work with us.
> Congratulations and a good start in politics. I would like to thank you,
> Abraham, for your agreement to take on this crucial task and look
forward
to the
further, close cooperation with you!
I will keep you posted on future updates in the transition process.
For the Supervisory Board
Tim Moritz Hector
Chair
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Chair of the Board
Wikimedia Deutschland
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