Congratulations, Katherine! I hope that you have a good start in your new
position, and that the challenges ahead don't overwhelm you.
Good luck,
Micru
On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Steven Crossin <cro0016(a)gmail.com> wrote:
What Oliver said. Katherine was my pick for interim ED
as well. Im sure she
will do an amazing job
Steve
On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 2:10 pm Oliver Keyes <ironholds(a)gmail.com> wrote:
\o/\o/\o/\o/
So glad to see this wonderful choice!
...if we're gonna have Katherine as the interim...do we really need to
find someone permanent? ;)
On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:05 PM, James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
A very
positive move. Thank you Katherine for agreeing to step up and
take
on this role. You have my full confidence :-)
James
On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Congratulations, Katherine!
>
> She is an excellent choice to navigate us through for this difficult
time.
>
> Thanks,
> Pharos
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Patricio Lorente <
> patricio.lorente(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team
has
> > proposed an interim Executive Director,
and the Board has given our
full
>> > support. Starting on March 14th, current Chief Communications
Officer
>> > Katherine Maher (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Katherine_(WMF)
)
> > will
> > step into the role of interim Executive Director. We thank the
C-levels
> for
> > their careful consideration in this process, and Katherine for
stepping
> up
> > during this period of transition.
> >
> > In choosing an interim ED, the C-levels started by identifying
immediate
>> > priorities for the coming months, including building trust,
improving
> >
communications, and filling key leadership positions. They felt, and
we
> > agree, that Katherine is the right
person to lead the organization
while
> it
> > addresses these and other important issues. Additionally, this will
allow
> > the rest of the executive team to focus
on critical organizational
> > functions, including community and engineering management,
fundraising,
> and
> > strengthening our human resources function. You can read more about
our
> > process and thinking here:
> >
> >
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Marc…
>> >
>> >
>> > Katherine has been with the Foundation as Chief Communications
Officer
> for
> > about two years now. During that time, she has developed a versatile
and
>> > effective team that serves the needs of the organization and
movement,
> >
collaborating closely with other departments and the community. She
has
> > thoughtfully introduced new capacities
and led her team through
> > transitions, and played a critical role in shepherding the strategy
> process
> > and the annual plan, in collaboration with other C-levels. She is
known
>> for
>> > listening to and empowering the people that she works with.
>> >
>> > For those who don’t know Katherine, she’s been a longtime advocate
for
>> > global open communities, culture,
and technology. She previously led
>> > advocacy for the international digital rights organization Access
Now,
>> > where she worked on freedom of
expression, access to information,
and
> >
privacy. She has supported the efforts of citizens and governments
around
>> > the world to deepen transparency and participation in her roles at
the
> >
World Bank, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs,
and
>> > UNICEF (where her team built wikis for youth participation in major
>> global
>> > issues). She is a member of the advisory board of the Open
Technology
>
Fund.
> >
> > With interim leadership in place, our next step as the Board is to
move
>> > quickly to plan and implement the search for a permanent Executive
>> > Director. We will be working together over the coming weeks to
clarify
> >
roles and responsibilities in this search, and identify the best way
for
> > community and staff to participate. We
want this process to be
inclusive
> > and incorporate many voices. We look
forward to sharing an update on
our
> > progress toward the end of next week.
> >
> > As interim Executive Director, Katherine will report to the Board.
Geoff
> > Brigham will continue serving as Board
Secretary, and Jaime
Villagomez as
> > Board Treasurer, reporting to the Board
in those capacities. As of
March
> > 14, Katherine's reports include the
C-team: Geoff Brigham, Jaime
> > Villagomez, Maggie Dennis, Lisa Gruwell, Joady Lohr, and Wes Moran.
The
>> > Communications team will continue to report to Katherine for the
time
>> > being, with support from the
leadership of Juliet Barbara and
Heather
> >
Walls.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Patricio
> >
> > Translation notice - This message is available for translation on
> > Meta-Wiki:
> >
> >
>
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