Anna, So sad to hear you're leaving the Wikimedia community, but I'm happy to hear you won't really be gone.
I wish you well on your next endeavors, and I know I'll see you around. Thanks for all your work as service! :) Jami > On Feb 9, 2016, at 9:50 AM, Anna Koval <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear friends, > > During the past three years, I have been privileged to be a part of this > movement and this organization. > > I have been honored to be your colleague and to work with you in service of > the sum of all knowledge. > > The Wikipedia Education Program [1] is especially near and dear to my heart. > It is a means of educating readers, recruiting contributors, and creating > quality content. Since 2014, the number of education initiatives around the > world has increased by 36%. [2] [3] And 25% of all education programs now are > in one of the regions that I directly supported. [4] I am so proud of what > they have accomplished. And I am enthusiastic about what great things they > have yet to achieve. > > I want to thank and compliment my current manager, Floor Koudijs. She is a > competent, considerate, conscientious leader, and her diplomacy skills are > unsurpassed. I am confident that the education team and the education program > will continue to excel under her leadership. They are in the best hands. > > I want to thank my teammates, past and present, from whom I have learned so > much: Floor Koudijs. Tighe Flanagan, Samir Elsharbaty, Kacie Harold, Rodney > Dunican, Sage Ross, Jami Mathewson, and LiAnna Davis. > > I want to thank the Wikipedia Education Collaborative [5] for sharing their > experience and expertise with the greater global education community. I may > ask to mentor me when I pilot a Wikipedia assignment in my own classroom! > > And I want to thank the education program leaders, past and present, with > whom I had the privilege of working closely, especially those whom I had the > privilege of visiting. To be able to support their great work was an honor > and a lot of fun. > > Wikipedia is a miracle, a monument to altruism. It is vital to the internet > ecosystem, and it is vital to the education system. I hope that more young > people especially will find their way to it and help out. And when they do, I > hope that they are met with wise mentorship from veteran community members, > just as I was. > > I intend to remain a Wikipedian even after I am no longer a WMF staff member. > And, with that promise, I’ll see you on the wikis. [6] > > All the best, > Anna Koval, M.Ed. > > [1] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education > [2] > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education/Countries&oldid=70367 > [3] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Countries > [4] > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ACEE_2015_State_of_the_CEE_Movement_Presentation.pdf&page=28 > [5] > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collaborative > [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msannakoval > > -- > > Anna Koval, M.Ed. > Manager, Wikipedia Education Program > Wikimedia Foundation > +1.415.839.6885 x 6729 > Skype: annakoval.wiki > [email protected] > education.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > education-collab mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab
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