On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 9:48 AM Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Earlier today, I announced to my colleagues at the Wikimedia Foundation > my intention to step down as CEO later this spring.
You did amazing work for the movement. Like others who have moved on from WMF, it has felt great knowing that the organization is in great hands under your leadership, and has accomplished major new milestones. Congratulations as well on the UCoC, which I also agree is incredibly important for the reasons that have been well-articulated by others in the related thread. Getting Wikipedia unblocked in Turkey was huge, and I was thrilled to read about the UN partnership. There's too much other stuff to list, but exciting projects kicked off under your leadership include your support for Wikidata and Abstract Wikipedia -- as will be no surprise, I'm especially excited about following those developments. :) You took the helm at a time when WMF was going through a rocky period (to say the least), and these and other achievements are especially remarkable in light of how far the organization had to come to make them possible. I'm genuinely excited about what's next for you, and know that you'll bring your passion for Wikimedia's values with you. Thank you, Katherine, for your service. Warmly, Erik _______________________________________________ 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>
