Canadians are good for Wikimedia because we have a, uh, healthy sensitivity to American cultural dominance. When Barry and I were kids, our prime minister famously characterized Canada as a mouse in bed with an elephant -- no matter how friendly the elephant is, you're affected by every twitch and grunt ;-)
I'm in Canada right now, speaking with librarians :-) ------Original Message------ From: Cycon Office Systems Sender: [email protected] To: [email protected] ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Announcing new Chief Global DevelopmentOfficer and new Chief Community Officer Sent: 3 Jun 2010 8:15 AM More Canadians to the staff?! I tought we already talk about that!!! Good luck :) Itzik Edri | T: +972.54.5878078 | [email protected] | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/itzike>| Twitter<http://www.twitter.com/itzike> | Flickr <http://www.flickr.com/itzike> | Linkedin<http://il.linkedin.com/in/itzikedri%20> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:23 AM, Sue Gardner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Forwarding from the announce list, since it does not yet auto-forward :-) > > Thanks, > Sue > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sue Gardner <[email protected]> > Date: 2 June 2010 19:08 > Subject: Announcing new Chief Global Development Officer and new Chief > Community Officer > To: [email protected] > > > Hi folks, > > I am really happy to announce two important new Wikimedia Foundation > hires. Zack Exley will be Wikimedia's new Chief Community Officer, > and Barry Newstead will be our Chief Global Development Officer. Both > will start just before Wikimania, and will join us in Gdansk. > > There will be a press release going out tomorrow, but the news isn't > confidential: please feel free to tell whoever you like. > > Zack Exley will be our new Chief Community Officer. Zack joins > Wikimedia from the Chicago-based firm Thoughtworks where he oversaw > strategy and technology projects for organizations like Obama For > America, Rock the Vote, and Global Zero. > > Zack has a long history of mobilizing people and facilitating them > reaching their goals. During the nineties, he worked as a labour > organizer and software developer. In 2002, he joined MoveOn.org as > director of organizing, where he ran mobilization and fundraising > campaigns – and in the same period, helped the Howard Dean campaign > with its online fundraising. Zack left MoveOn.org to become online > communications and organizing director for the 2004 Kerry-Edwards U.S. > presidential campaign, where he ran the team that raised $125 million > online for Kerry, and also oversaw online-to-offline organizing > efforts responsible for mobilizing hundreds of thousands of field > volunteers. In 2005, he led internet strategy and online fundraising > for the UK Labour Party's 2005 election campaign, and since 2005 he > has acted as a senior strategist and advisor helping many > mission-driven organizations advance their fundraising and > mobilization goals, including the American Civil Liberties Union, > Amnesty International, the National Association for the Advancement of > Colored People (NAACP), the International Rescue Committee and > Greenpeace USA. > > Zack grew up in Connecticut and has also lived in Kenya, China and the > United Kingdom. He has an BA in Economics from the University of > Massachusetts. > > As Chief Community Officer, Zack will be responsible for developing > the Wikimedia Found Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
