Congratulations and Welcome Marti! :)
-Hasive On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Arthur Richards <aricha...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Congrats, Marti :D > > On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Sydney Poore <sydney.po...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Congratulations, Marti! > > > > Sydney > > > > Sydney Poore > > User:FloNight > > Wikipedian in Residence > > at Cochrane Collaboration > > > > On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Siko Bouterse <sboute...@wikimedia.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > Following up on the announcement about a new structure in the Community > > > Engagement team,[1] I'm happy to say we've now got a new program > officer > > to > > > support WMF's Individual Engagement Grants program. Please see below > for > > > more details. This month, Marti Johnson will be taking over for both > the > > > IEG and TPS programs.[2] Grantees and committee members will be > > introduced > > > to Marti soon, as her onboarding to both programs begins :) Meanwhile, > I > > > trust you will help make her feel welcome. > > > Warmly, > > > Siko > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-February/076864.html > > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mjohnson_(WMF) > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: Siko Bouterse <sboute...@wikimedia.org> > > > Date: Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:08 PM > > > Subject: Announcing Marti Johnson as Program Officer for Individual > > Grants > > > To: Staff All <wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm excited to announce that we've got a new Program Officer for > > Individual > > > Grants. Please join me in congratulating Marti Johnson as she > transitions > > > to this role! > > > > > > Marti joined WMF as Project Coordinator in the Grantmaking and Programs > > > (later turned Community Engagement) department in September 2014. She > > > quickly demonstrated that she’s a strategic thinker who brings deep > > respect > > > for communities, a facility for organizing systems that foster > creativity > > > and collaboration, and the warmth and generosity needed to support > > > individuals to do their best work. > > > > > > In her new role, Marti will be responsible for the Individual > Engagement > > > Grants and Travel and Participation Support programs. She reports > > directly > > > to me. > > > > > > I’m delighted to have Marti move into the Community Resources team to > put > > > her talents to work, particularly for supporting our Individual > > Engagement > > > Grantees and taking IEG to the next level over the coming year. Among > > other > > > things, Marti will be working on creating more robust mentorship > systems > > > and a broader network to support grantees, while continuing to offer > > direct > > > support herself to the IEG grantees, proposers, and committee. > > > > > > We’ve begun a transition period in which Marti is working to hand-off > her > > > role in supporting Luis and the Community Engagement team while > beginning > > > to assume her new responsibilities in Community Resources. Marti has > > > already taken on responsibility for Travel and Participation Support, > > this > > > week she will be onboarding our new crop of Inspire grantees in IEG, > and > > > over the course of May I’ll be handing all day-to-day operations for > IEG > > to > > > her as well. More information will be coming from Lynette later this > > month > > > about the backfill for Marti’s former Project Coordinator position. > Many > > > thanks to Lynette for bringing Marti to WMF and supporting her move to > > this > > > new role :) > > > > > > Here’s a bit more about Marti, for those of you who haven’t yet had a > > > chance to get to know her: > > > > > > Inspired by a senior paper on agrarian community in American > literature, > > > Marti took her first job after college coordinating Community Supported > > > Agriculture on an urban organic farm. A year of service as an > > AmeriCorps > > > volunteer led to a decade managing collaboratively driven resource > > > conservation projects on California farmlands. She gained extensive > > > experience with grants management, including proposal and report > writing, > > > grantmaking, contract oversight and coordination of budgets ranging > from > > > hundreds to millions of dollars. Marti specialized in facilitating > > > community-based processes and played a lead role in coordinating a > > > private-public alliance which was awarded California’s highest honor > for > > > environmental and economic leadership. She gained a reputation for > > > building meaningful collaboration--and among other tools, she relied > > > heavily on wikis she built with MediaWiki software to do it. After > > moving > > > to San Francisco, Marti was very excited to join WMF and offer skills > in > > > community coordination, collaborative strategy-building and grants > > > management in the context of Wikimedia projects. In her free time, > Marti > > > likes to backpack, write and take long walks in Golden Gate Park. She > > has > > > recently been working toward a goal to read through the complete works > of > > > Shakespeare (about 75% complete!) and welcomes read-aloud > collaborators. > > > > > > Congratulations and welcome to Community Resources, Marti! > > > > > > Warm regards, > > > Siko > > > > > > -- > > > Siko Bouterse > > > Director of Community Resources > > > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > > > > > sboute...@wikimedia.org > > > > > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > > the > > > sum of all knowledge. * > > > *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button > today, > > > and help us make it a reality!* > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Siko Bouterse > > > Director of Community Resources > > > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > > > > > sboute...@wikimedia.org > > > > > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > > the > > > sum of all knowledge. * > > > *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button > today, > > > and help us make it a reality!* > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > -- > Arthur Richards > Team Practices Manager > [[User:Awjrichards]] > IRC: awjr > +1-415-839-6885 x6687 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- *Hasive **Nurunnaby Chowdhury** :: **নুরুন্নবী চৌধুরী **হাছিব* Global User: Hasive <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hasive> Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia <http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Hasive> Member | GAC Committee, Wikimedia Foundation <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Grant_Advisory_Committee> Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia Foundation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People> Director | Wikimedia Bangladesh Operations Committee <http://www.wikimedia.org.bd> fb.com/Hasive <http://fb.com/itsNCH> | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
