:( sorry to see you go, but wish you the best.
It was always nice to see you at Wikimania and other events.
Thank you so much for all you have done in the past years!
Cheers, Katie
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Anna Koval akoval@wikimedia.org wrote:
Dear friends,
During the past three years, I have been privileged to be a part of this movement and this organization.
I have been honored to be your colleague and to work with you in service of the sum of all knowledge.
In particular, I wish to note particular projects that have inspired me very much.
- Working with Philippe Beautdette, Maggie Dennis, James Alexander, and
Jan Eisfeldt to keep our community safe from threats of harm. [1]
- Working with Patrick Earley, Nick Wilson, Erica Litrenta, Sherry
Snyder, Oliver Keyes, and James Forester on the rollout of VisualEditor. [2]
- Working with Yana Welinder and Heather Walls to design a user-friendly
trademark policy. [3] [4]
- Working with Siko Bouterse to support Individual Engagement Grants and
movement diversity. [5] [6]
- Working with Jake Orlowitz to promote the Wikipedia Library and the
Wikipedia Adventure. [7] [8]
- Working with Jaime Anstee, Edward Galvez, Amanda Bittaker to encourage
evaluation and learning. [9]
- Working with Asaf Bartov to encourage regional cooperation in Central
and Eastern Europe. [10]
- Working with Floor Koudijs. Tighe Flanagan, Kacie Harold, Samir
Elsharbaty, Rodney Dunican, Sage Ross, Jami Mathewson, and LiAnna Davis on the Wikipedia Education Program. [11]
The Wikipedia Education Program is especially near and dear to my heart. It is a means of educating readers, recruiting contributors, and creating quality content. Since 2014, the number of education initiatives around the world has increased by 36%. [12] [13] And 25% of all education programs are in one of the regions that I directly supported. [14] I am so proud of what they have accomplished. And I am enthusiastic about what great things they have yet to achieve.
I want to thank and compliment my current manager, Floor Koudijs. She is a competent, considerate, conscientious leader, and her diplomacy skills are unsurpassed. I am confident that the education team and the education program will continue to excel under her leadership. They are in the best hands.
I want to thank and compliment my hiring manager, Maggie Dennis. She had faith that, although I wasn’t an active community member, I could be taught to be a good community advocate. I am so proud that I proved her right. She taught me how to work in accordance with and to have the utmost respect for the wiki way. [15]
Wikipedia is a miracle, a monument to altruism. It is vital to the internet ecosystem, and it is vital to the education system. I hope that more young people especially will find their way to it and help out. And when they do, I hope that they are met with wise mentorship from veteran community members, just as I was.
I intend to remain a Wikipedian even after I am no longer a WMF staff member. And, with that promise, I’ll see you on the wikis. [16]
All the best, Anna Koval, M.Ed.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Threats_of_harm [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor [3] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy [4]
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/29/designing-a-user-friendly-trademark-pol... [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library [8] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Adventure [9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation [10] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Central_and_Eastern_Europe [11] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education [12]
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education/Countries&old... [13] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Countries [14]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ACEE_2015_State_of_the... [15] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_wiki_way [16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msannakoval
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