Terrified. For that reason, I actually did not unveil my country-of-origin to the Board until a few weeks ago. That is one of Canadians' special skills: we can walk amongst Americans, and they are completely unaware :-)
(I did tell the European board members. And Bishakha.) Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Lodewijk <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 20:33:27 To: <[email protected]>; Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Fwd: Announcing new Chief Global DevelopmentOfficer and new Chief Community Officer so if I understand correctly, the US is afraid of Canada? hmmm interesting ;) 2010/6/3 <[email protected]> > 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 > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
