Congrats Ryan & all my best wishes, thanks Katherine for the update. Best Regards, Rajeeb. (U: Marajozkee) Sent from my iPhone
> On 13-Aug-2019, at 10:15 PM, Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I’m excited to let you all know that Ryan Merkley, formerly CEO of Creative > Commons, is joining the Wikimedia Foundation as my new chief of staff. > > Many of you have met Ryan before -- at CC Summit, Wikimania, Wikimedia > Summit, or MozFest. He’s a leader in open source, open knowledge, and > free-culture communities, and for the past five years, he’s been the CEO of > Creative Commons, initiating programs like CC search to index all 1.6 billion > licensed works online. He’s passionate about the power of the commons, and > the role that everyone can play in making it sustainable and open to all. I > couldn’t be happier he’s now bringing this passion and experience to our > movement. > > In Ryan’s own words, “My heart has always been in open communities, and the > power of collective acts -- that is, the things that people can only do when > they work together, like building a commons of free knowledge for every > person.” > > For now, Ryan’s two top priorities will be bolstering the work of the > movement strategy team and supporting the Board. He’ll support the strategy > core team to move the Working Group recommendations into implementation > within the community and Foundation over the course of the coming year. He’ll > also serve as Board liaison to the Board of Trustees, strengthening the > connections, communications, and coordination between Trustees and the > Foundation. Internally, he’ll support the office of the Executive Director, > acting in my stead on various projects. > > I’m excited by this new role for an old friend of the open community. Ryan > knows our movement well. He has spent many hours with many Wikimedians, and > understands the centrality of the community to the Wikimedia mission and > identity. His background as a partner to Wikimedia, and a leader in the > broader open movement will be invaluable to our work, and confirmation of the > importance of community experience in Foundation leadership. > > Ryan doesn’t start in his new role until Monday, September 16th. However, he > will be at Wikimania, so for those of you attending, please say hi, and join > me in welcoming him to Wikimedia! > > Katherine > > P.S. This announcement can also be found on our news page: > https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/08/13/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-ryan-merkley-as-chief-of-staff-to-the-office-of-the-executive-director > > -- > > Katherine Maher (she/her) > Executive Director > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. > For more information about Wikimedia-l: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l _______________________________________________ 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>
