Hi, Fabrice! Congratulations with the new responsibilities, hope that this transition will make all stakeholders satisfied :) And special thanks to Tilman who did a lot in his previous position: thank you, Tilman!
Best regards, Linar 2015-01-07 22:00 GMT+03:00 Fabrice Florin <[email protected]>: > Hi folks, > > I am happy to announce that I will be joining the Wikimedia Foundation's > Communications team as Movement Communications Manager for a period of six > months. > > I have really enjoyed my work as product manager at WMF in the past 3 > years, leading the development of new tools like Notifications, Thanks, > Beta Features, Media Viewer and other multimedia products [1]. > > One of the lessons I learned during that time is that 'better > communications' are really important to make our movement more effective. I > also think that growing a 'culture of kindness' is key if we want to engage > a broader community [2]. I hope to support both of these goals in my new > role. > > Starting this week, I will be working with the communications team on the > Wikimedia blog and general WMF/movement communications. My focus for the > blog will include improving contributor workflow for community members and > WMF staff, and providing editorial guidance for contributors. I will also > act as the main contact point for authors submitting new blog posts, and > shepherd the publication process. Within movement communications, I will > work to improve the availability, distribution, and timeliness of > communications from the WMF to the broader community. I will also manage a > range of movement communications tasks previously handled by Tilman Bayer, > who is transitioning to the WMF Product team as Senior Analyst. > > Going forward, senior engineer Gilles Dubuc will lead the multimedia team > and take on some of my responsibilities as product owner, until a new > product manager is assigned to that team. Please contact him directly with > any questions related to our multimedia work. > > I’d like to thank all my colleagues on the multimedia and product teams -- > as well as our many community champions -- for being such wonderful > collaborators over the past few years. I am proud of what we accomplished > together, and I hope that the features we created can help many more people > share knowledge productively in years to come. Special thanks to Erik > Moeller for his thoughtful guidance throughout the past three years -- and > for making this transition possible. > > I'm delighted to take on this new assignment, and look forward to more > collaborations with you all in the coming year. > > Onward! > > > Fabrice Florin > Movement Communications Manager > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > [1] Fabrice's user page: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF) > > [2] 'A Culture of Kindness' blog post: > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/12/23/a-culture-of-kindness/ > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > >
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