[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland's new Executive Director will be Christian Rickerts

[Tim Moritz Hector]

Dear Wikimedia friends,

On behalf of our board, I am delighted to announce that Christian Rickerts
will be the new Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland. The board
followed the transition team’s unanimous recommendation and hired Christian
effective May 1, 2015.

Wikimedia Deutschland is shaped by the work of volunteers as well as paid
professionals. Christian Rickerts comes with experience from both
perspectives. In 1995, he co-founded Schüler Helfen Leben e. V., a
non-profit association that promotes equal access to education for children
and young people in the Balkans. Later, he served as the association’s
first Executive Director and led the Schüler Helfen Leben Foundation. After
that, he worked in the for-profit as well as the non-profit sector, first
as a consultant for strategy and organizational development at Capgemini,
then as the Executive Director of the German section of Reporters Without
Borders. Since 2012, he has been Vice President Corporate Communication at
the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the largest privately held non-profit foundation
in Germany.

Christian’s profound knowledge of the intersection between voluntary and
paid work as well as his value-driven thinking and methodological diversity
have deeply impressed us. We are thrilled to get him on board and to shape
Wikimedia Deutschland’s future together. Christian is highly motivated to
join the Wikimedia movement. We are confident that he is the perfect fit
for the role of the Executive Director.

Jan Engelmann will continue to be our interim ED until May. On behalf of
the board, I would like to express my gratitude for his outstanding
efforts. A huge thank you goes to the transition team[1], which has
planned, led, and brought this collaborative process to a successful close
within eight months. The team was constituted in June 2014, composed of
members of our board as well as representatives of our staff, our members
and the German Wikimedia community. The work of the team has been
straightforward and exceptional. We are convinced that their experience is
highly valuable for the broader movement. Therefore, the team is planning
to share their insights and learnings at the upcoming Wikimedia Conference.

Starting in May, you will have the chance to join us in providing Christian
with a warm welcome to the Wikiverse. Many of you will meet Christian at
the Wikimedia Conference in May. He is also planning to attend Wikimania in
July.

Best regards,
Tim Moritz Hector

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/Transition_Team

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Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin
tel.: +49 (0)30 - 219 158 260 http://www.wikimedia.de

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland's new Executive Director will be Christian Rickerts

[Shlomi Fish]

On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 10:00:38 +0100
Tim Moritz Hector  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedia friends,
> 
> On behalf of our board, I am delighted to announce that Christian Rickerts
> will be the new Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland. The board
> followed the transition team’s unanimous recommendation and hired Christian
> effective May 1, 2015.
> 

Congratulations to Christian and good luck on his new role.

Regards,

— Shlomi Fish

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland's new Executive Director will be Christian Rickerts

[Hasive, Nurunnaby]

Congratulation Christian
​!​

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Shlomi Fish  wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 10:00:38 +0100
> Tim Moritz Hector  wrote:
>
> > Dear Wikimedia friends,
> >
> > On behalf of our board, I am delighted to announce that Christian
> Rickerts
> > will be the new Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland. The board
> > followed the transition team’s unanimous recommendation and hired
> Christian
> > effective May 1, 2015.
> >
>
> Congratulations to Christian and good luck on his new role.
>
> Regards,
>
> — Shlomi Fish
>
> --
> -
> Shlomi Fish   http://www.shlomifish.org/
> http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Summer-Glau/
>
>   If you repeat a scene 50k times, then the movie will have less
> entropy and will compress better. ( irc://irc.freenode.org/#perlcafe )
>
> Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland's new Executive Director will be Christian Rickerts

[Shabab Mustafa]

Congrats Christian! Best wishes!!

---
Shabab Mustafa

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Hasive, Nurunnaby 
wrote:

> Congratulation Christian
> ​!​
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Shlomi Fish 
> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 10:00:38 +0100
> > Tim Moritz Hector  wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Wikimedia friends,
> > >
> > > On behalf of our board, I am delighted to announce that Christian
> > Rickerts
> > > will be the new Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland. The board
> > > followed the transition team’s unanimous recommendation and hired
> > Christian
> > > effective May 1, 2015.
> > >
> >
> > Congratulations to Christian and good luck on his new role.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > — Shlomi Fish
> >
> > --
> > -
> > Shlomi Fish   http://www.shlomifish.org/
> > http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Summer-Glau/
> >
> >   If you repeat a scene 50k times, then the movie will have less
> > entropy and will compress better. ( irc://irc.freenode.org/#perlcafe )
> >
> > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland's new Executive Director will be Christian Rickerts

[Richard Symonds]

All of us at Wikimedia UK bid you welcome to the movement, Christian!

Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

On 2 March 2015 at 09:00, Tim Moritz Hector 
wrote:

> Dear Wikimedia friends,
>
> On behalf of our board, I am delighted to announce that Christian Rickerts
> will be the new Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland. The board
> followed the transition team’s unanimous recommendation and hired Christian
> effective May 1, 2015.
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland is shaped by the work of volunteers as well as paid
> professionals. Christian Rickerts comes with experience from both
> perspectives. In 1995, he co-founded Schüler Helfen Leben e. V., a
> non-profit association that promotes equal access to education for children
> and young people in the Balkans. Later, he served as the association’s
> first Executive Director and led the Schüler Helfen Leben Foundation. After
> that, he worked in the for-profit as well as the non-profit sector, first
> as a consultant for strategy and organizational development at Capgemini,
> then as the Executive Director of the German section of Reporters Without
> Borders. Since 2012, he has been Vice President Corporate Communication at
> the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the largest privately held non-profit foundation
> in Germany.
>
> Christian’s profound knowledge of the intersection between voluntary and
> paid work as well as his value-driven thinking and methodological diversity
> have deeply impressed us. We are thrilled to get him on board and to shape
> Wikimedia Deutschland’s future together. Christian is highly motivated to
> join the Wikimedia movement. We are confident that he is the perfect fit
> for the role of the Executive Director.
>
> Jan Engelmann will continue to be our interim ED until May. On behalf of
> the board, I would like to express my gratitude for his outstanding
> efforts. A huge thank you goes to the transition team[1], which has
> planned, led, and brought this collaborative process to a successful close
> within eight months. The team was constituted in June 2014, composed of
> members of our board as well as representatives of our staff, our members
> and the German Wikimedia community. The work of the team has been
> straightforward and exceptional. We are convinced that their experience is
> highly valuable for the broader movement. Therefore, the team is planning
> to share their insights and learnings at the upcoming Wikimedia Conference.
>
> Starting in May, you will have the chance to join us in providing Christian
> with a warm welcome to the Wikiverse. Many of you will meet Christian at
> the Wikimedia Conference in May. He is also planning to attend Wikimania in
> July.
>
> Best regards,
> Tim Moritz Hector
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/Transition_Team
>
> --
> Tim Moritz Hector
> Chair of the board
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin
> tel.: +49 (0)30 - 219 158 260 http://www.wikimedia.de
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg
> unter der Nummer 23855 B.
> Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I
> Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland's new Executive Director will be Christian Rickerts

[Katy Love]

Congratulations to Wikimedia Deutschland in this appointment! Great news.

And a most warm welcome to the Wikimedia movement, Christian! I'm glad to
know a bit about your experiences and background. I look forward to working
together and meeting you in person at the Wikimedia Conference.

Katy

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 2:46 AM, Hasive, Nurunnaby 
wrote:

> Congratulation Christian
> ​!​
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Shlomi Fish 
> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2 Mar 2015 10:00:38 +0100
> > Tim Moritz Hector  wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Wikimedia friends,
> > >
> > > On behalf of our board, I am delighted to announce that Christian
> > Rickerts
> > > will be the new Executive Director of Wikimedia Deutschland. The board
> > > followed the transition team’s unanimous recommendation and hired
> > Christian
> > > effective May 1, 2015.
> > >
> >
> > Congratulations to Christian and good luck on his new role.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > — Shlomi Fish
> >
> > --
> > -
> > Shlomi Fish   http://www.shlomifish.org/
> > http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Summer-Glau/
> >
> >   If you repeat a scene 50k times, then the movie will have less
> > entropy and will compress better. ( irc://irc.freenode.org/#perlcafe )
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland's new Executive Director will be Christian Rickerts

[Erik Moeller]

Thanks for the update, Tim Moritz, and congratulations on a successful
search. Christian -- willkommen in der Wikimedia-Bewegung und viel
Erfolg! :-)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland's new Executive Director will be Christian Rickerts

[Ivan Nikčević]

Congratulations and best of luck in future efforts for Christian and WMDE!

*Ivan Nikčević*
Executive Director
Wikimedia Serbia - rs.wikimedia.org -
+381 60 7454 772

*Imagine  a world
 in which every single person on the
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On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:59 AM, Erik Moeller  wrote:

> Thanks for the update, Tim Moritz, and congratulations on a successful
> search. Christian -- willkommen in der Wikimedia-Bewegung und viel
> Erfolg! :-)
>
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