Dear friends, We are all heartbroken here in Berlin where the Wikimedia Conference is going on, and where Cynthia was participating.
It has been a very rough week for our community. Let's support and be kind to each other, and continue the work that Adrianne and Cynthia believed in and loved. -- Phoebe On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Jane Darnell <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding from the Wikimedia list, Cynthia was a contributor to this > list and very active in Gendergap issues on Wikipedia and other > Wikimedia projects. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bence Damokos <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 11:07:43 +0200 > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Cynthia Ashley-Nelson > (Cindamuse)https://www.goodreads.com/user/sign_in?rd=true > To: wikimediaannounce-l <[email protected]> > > It is with great regret that we need to confirm that Cynthia > Ashley-Nelson (User:Cindamuse, > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cindamuse ) passed away on Friday, > April 11. Our thoughts are with Cindy’s family, friends and the > Wikimedia community. Her next of kin have been informed prior to > releasing this announcement. > > > Cindy was elected vice-chair of the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee > on April 10, 2014. She had traveled to Berlin in order to attend the > Affiliations Committee’s annual meeting during the international > Wikimedia Conference. Both a long-time Wikipedia editor and an expert > in organizational development with a professional background of 25 > years, she devoted her time, passion and vast expertise to contribute > in numerous ways to the free knowledge movement. Cindy was deeply > committed to supporting the Wikimedia Foundation’s Global Education > Program and to tackling the gender gap issue on Wikipedia. > > > In the short time since January that Cindy has been with us in the > Affiliations Committee, we have come to value her thoughts, passion > and refreshing ideas. She was working very enthusiastically with us, > and we are all saddened that we won’t have the chance to learn from > all of her ideas, insights and experiences. The months we shared > proved her to be a very valuable and engaged member of the committee, > which led to her election as AffCom vice-chair. > > > We are sad beyond words and so is everyone who came to Berlin to > participate in the Wikimedia Conference. Her passing is a great loss > for everyone in the Wikimedia movement. This morning all the > conference attendees gathered together to grieve and talk about the > loss of Cindy. We decided that all of us at the Wikimedia Conference > could choose to continue the conversations about the future of the > movement Cindy cared so much about, as well as spending our time here > to remember and celebrate her. She will be greatly missed. > > > You can share your condolences and memories of Cynthia on her user > talk page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cindamuse ). > > > On behalf of the whole Affiliations Committee, and the other community > members gathered here in Berlin: > > > Carlos Colina, > > Chair, Wikimedia Affiliations Committee > > > Bence Damokos, > > Outgoing chair, Wikimedia Affiliations Committee > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com *
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