Congrats to you both, Christian and Abraham!
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 1:43 PM Katy Love <klove(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
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
>>
>> --
>> Tim Moritz Hector
>> Chair of the Board
>> Wikimedia Deutschland
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