Dario, thanks for your effort. It was a pleasure working with you, and I am also happy that you will stay around as a volunteer. My congratulations to Leila. Whereas at this point I am rather skeptical and sometimes vocal about WMF in general, I have a tremendous respect for both of you.
Cheers Yaroslav On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:05 PM Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dario -- what news! And how close that seems to your recent pushing of us > all. > How lucky the projects have been to have you building a research > constellation, for these many years. > > Leila, congrats + warm wishes in your new role. > > With wikilove and taxonometrics, > SJ > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 4:56 PM Dario Taraborelli < > dtarabore...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > I've got some personal news to share. > > > > After 8 years with Wikimedia, I have decided to leave the Foundation to > > take up a new role focused on open science. This has been a difficult > > decision but an opportunity arose and I am excited to be moving on to an > > area that’s been so close to my heart for years. > > > > Serving the movement as part of the Research team at WMF has been, and > > will definitely be, the most important gig in my life. I leave a team of > > ridiculously talented and fun people that I can’t possibly imagine not > > spending all of my days with, as well many collaborators and friends in > the > > community who have I worked alongside. I am proud and thankful to have > been > > part of this journey with you all. With my departure, Leila Zia is taking > > the lead of Research at WMF, and you all couldn't be in better hands. > > > > In March, I’ll be joining CZI Science—a philanthropy based in the Bay > > Area—to help build their portfolio of open science programs and > technology. > > I'll continue to be an ally on the same fights in my new role. > > > > Other than that, I look forward to returning to full volunteer mode. I > > started editing English Wikipedia in 2004, working on bloody chapters in > > the history of London <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield,_London>; > hypothetical > > astronomy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Nine>; unsung heroes > > among women in science <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Potter>; and > > of course natural > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_South_Napa_earthquake>, technical > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2016_Dyn_cyberattack> and > political > > disasters > > < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections > >. > > I’ve also developed an embarrassing addiction to Wikidata, and you’ll > > continue seeing me around hacking those instances of Q16521 > > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16521> for a little while. > > > > I hope our paths cross once again in the future. > > > > Best, > > > > Dario > > > > > > -- > > > > *Dario Taraborelli *Director, Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation > > research.wikimedia.org • nitens.org • @readermeter > > <http://twitter.com/readermeter> > > > > -- > > Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiCite > > Twitter: https://twitter.com/wikicite > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "wikicite-discuss" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to wikicite-discuss+unsubscr...@wikimedia.org. > > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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>
