Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thank you + see you around!

2021-04-22 Thread Rachmat W.
Dear Katherine, Time flies. Since you join the Foundation, I see positive changes under your governance. Since you are leaving, it will never be the same. Hope to see you within the community. All best wishes are for you. Best, Rachmat On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 8:47am, Katherine Maher < kma...@wik

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2021-04-19 Thread Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l
Dear Katherine, From the bottom of my heart thank you for your commitment to diversity issues and your openess and accessibility as a leader. I will always remember when you came to Geneva and we made this small bicycle ride, and visited this LGBTIQ association together. I have never never

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2021-04-18 Thread Florencia Claes
Dear Katherine: Thank you very much for your work over the years. Thank you for your dedication.Thank you for having helped the growth of this movement (which we can see you love very much). To say thank you is not enough to express our gratitude for your great work. >From the Wikimedia Spain fami

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2021-04-18 Thread Bobby Shabangu
Hi Katherine, Congratulations on the job well done and looking forward to what you'll be doing next. Best regards, Bobby Shabangu On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 at 13:01, Brad Patrick wrote: > Congratulations on your tenure. I’m excited to see what you do next! > > Brad Patrick > > b...@baplegal.com > Se

[Wikimedia-l] Thank you + see you around!

2021-04-16 Thread Douglas Ssebaggala
-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 07:00:57 -0400 > From: Brad Patrick > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Cc: Katherine Maher > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thank you + see you around! > Message-ID: <329b5bfb-

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2021-04-16 Thread Brad Patrick
Congratulations on your tenure. I’m excited to see what you do next! Brad Patrick b...@baplegal.com Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 16, 2021, at 6:51 AM, Olushola Olaniyan > wrote: > >  > Hi Katherine, > > I am glad you have done so much as an outgoing Executive Director of the > Wikimedia

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2021-04-16 Thread Michael Jahn
Dear Katherine, it's been great to laugh with you, and most inspiring to see you act and react over the years, always with passion, compassion and determination for our cause. Thank you! Wishing you all the best! Michael --- Michael Jahn Leiter Programme Director of Programs Wikimedia Deutschland

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2021-04-16 Thread Olushola Olaniyan
Hi Katherine, I am glad you have done so much as an outgoing Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation and no one can question it. Sincerely, you have cast your name in Gold with the way you have responded to critics and reshaped the movement. Now, we could see ourselves not as a tool in th

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2021-04-16 Thread Rajeeb
Dear Katherine, It’s always hard to say goodbye, only one thing I can say, Wikimedia projects won’t be the same without you. I wish you all the best in your new beginning and as you said, “See you 'round the wikis!” Namaste, Rajeeb. On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 at 14:14, Camelia Boban wrote: > Hi Ka

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2021-04-16 Thread Camelia Boban
Hi Katherine, thank you for having been part of our movement. I assiduously started my activity for diversity and reducing the gender gap in the movement exactly at the same time of your appointment, at Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario. So my memory is that my work and the birth of WikiDonne is in som

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2021-04-15 Thread Gnangarra
Kaya Katherine Thank you for taking the movement from its past, to help us work in the present, and to look towards the future. You have created a legacy that is as significant as every contribution look forward to seeing you around our campfires sharing your knowledge in the future. Boodarwun Gn

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2021-04-15 Thread Katherine Maher
Hi friends, fellow Wikimedians, [Apologies in advance, this note is very long, and written in my native English speaker style. Normally I try for shorter and more ESL friendly, but it was hard to do this time. Thank you for indulging or at least, tolerating, me.] It has been my life’s joy and ple