Anna, I will miss you! Thanks for all your excellent work. I always appreciated it. It was a pleasure to work edit you together at outreachwiki.
I hope you will edit as volunteer :-) --Steinsplitter > From: ako...@wikimedia.org > Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 09:49:18 -0800 > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Farewell <3 > > 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-policy/ > [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&oldid=70367 > [13] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Countries > [14] > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ACEE_2015_State_of_the_CEE_Movement_Presentation.pdf&page=28 > [15] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_wiki_way > [16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msannakoval > > -- > > Anna Koval, M.Ed. > Manager, Wikipedia Education Program > Wikimedia Foundation > +1.415.839.6885 x 6729 > Skype: annakoval.wiki > ako...@wikimedia.org > education.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: 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 New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
