Thank you all! El vie, 4 jun 2021 a las 9:57, Olushola Olaniyan (<olaniyanshol...@gmail.com>) escribió:
> Dear Maria, > > Yeah! Eight years seem to be a very long time but considering your > achievements and the excellent works that you've done as the Chair of the > Board of Trustees at the Wikimedia Foundation, it was like yesterday that > you were made the Chair of the Board. > > Sincerely, I am proud of you! > > I pray that you will continue to break the glass ceiling in all your > future endeavours. > > Gracia. > > Olushola > > > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 8:40 PM María Sefidari <msefid...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> There is one last bit of news I would like to share following the Board >> meeting update. >> >> After ~ 8 years on the Board of Trustees at the Wikimedia Foundation - a >> long time! - I have notified the Board that I am stepping down as Chair and >> trustee, effective end of day today. >> >> As all of you know, the community-selected seats were due to expire last >> year and were extended at the request of the Board to see through these >> difficult and unprecedented times. Now, after chairing the last meeting of >> the fiscal year and having the call for candidates for the upcoming >> elections approved, it is the least disruptive moment for me to step down. >> The Foundation has asked me to consider an advisory role to support >> Movement Strategy and the onboarding of new trustees and the new CEO/ED, to >> help support leadership and this strategic transition. Nataliia Tymkiv, >> currently Vice Chair, will act as Chair until a new one is elected by the >> Board ensuring continuity. >> >> Hopefully this news will not come as too much of a surprise. I am >> grateful to the community members who lent me their trust and support to >> become a trustee on two different occasions, to the staff, and to the >> trustees for their confidence in me in the different leadership positions I >> have held within the Board - first as committee chair, then two terms as >> Vice Chair, and two terms as Chair. >> >> Together we have accomplished many things during this time, but if I had >> to single out only a few they would be the following: launching the >> Movement Strategy process, engaging in the most ambitious governance reform >> in the history of the Board, and working to ensure the stability and >> sustainability of the Foundation. It has been a time of change, of >> discussing strategy and our future, and deciding together what the path >> forward should be. >> >> Of course, the work is never finished - it will be the task of the Board >> to continue what has been done and face the newer and complex challenges >> that will no doubt arise. I hope that we will see many of the women of the >> movement and people from the Global South as candidates in the upcoming >> community elections - I know there are many qualified people ready to step >> into these important roles. I look forward to supporting an increasingly >> capable and diverse Board. >> >> Be safe and well everyone. >> >> Tupananchiskama, >> >> María >> >> -- >> >> María Sefidari Huici >> >> Chair of the Board >> >> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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