Hmmmmm, Well,
Thank you for your job at WMF Pete. I missed you on irc chan this evening. Will be glad to chat with you about your next job :) Ant On 1/13/11 9:24 PM, Frank Schulenburg wrote: > Hi All, > > This email is to announce that Pete Forsyth's year-long position with > the Foundation has come to an end and he is leaving us January 15, > 2011. Pete's contract as Public Outreach Officer actually ended by in > October 2010, but we asked him to stay on for an additional few months > to finish a few things and during that time he also provided some > critical help to Sara Crouse on grant proposals and reports. > > Pete's biggest achievement was to help with the first phase of our > Public Policy Initiative. He conducted initial interviews with about > 40 professors and other stakeholders in fall 2009. He also worked with > Rod Dunican, Sara and me to write the grant proposal for the Stanton > Foundation in early 2010. In August 2010, Pete was involved in the > training of the initial cohort of volunteer Wikipedia Campus > Ambassadors. He also procured the donation to the commons of 18 high > quality case studies by Cambridge University Press. > > As Public Outreach Officer, Pete worked with volunteers on outreach > via screencasts, software feature development, and other initatives. > He advised numerous Wikimedia projects in community relations and > advised staff on onboarding and training processes related to wiki > skills and Wikimedia culture. > > For our Bookshelf project, Pete authored and edited instructional > materials about Wikipedia and related projects. In addition to working > on the Public Policy Initiative grant proposal, he worked with Sara > developing and writing proposals and reports for grants for > foundations including Hewlett, Stanton, Ford, and Google Charitable > Giving Fund. > > During his time at the Wikimedia Foundation, Pete presented to > graduate students and faculty at Princeton and Harvard university; and > to museum Wikimedians, museum curators, librarians at Wikimania, the > Chapters meeting, Recent Changes Camp, and Wikimedia France's GLAM > event. > > Going forward, Pete will be working as a consultant on online peer > production projects, and looks forward to continued collaboration with > the Wikimedians and academics he has worked with while at the > Foundation. In the near term, Pete will also continue to consult with > Sara on foundation relations projects. > > I particularly appreciated Pete's deep insights into Wikpedia's > culture and policies. His involvement in the Public Policy Initiative > was key in linking Wikipedia peer production with higher education. > > I wish Pete all the very best for his future. > > Frank > > ----- > > NB. This mail address is used for public mailing lists. Personal > emails sent to this address will get lost. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l