Dario, I will never forget all of your help when I started working on AI projects in Wikimedia. Thank you! Hope to see you soon in one of conferences and Good luck in your new job!
Best On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 2:00 AM Daniel Mietchen via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi Dario and Leila, > it's been a pleasure collaborating with you in the past, and I hope > this will continue despite the changes in your roles. > Best, > Daniel > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:13 PM Yaroslav Blanter <ymb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > 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> > > _______________________________________________ > 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> -- Amir _______________________________________________ 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>
