Hi Fabrice, Thanks for letting us know about this and congratulations on your new role! I would very much like to continue working with you as I enjoy your inclusive and positive style immensely. Did you know that I teach Communication at Alverno College? I'm very interested in your plans for addressing culture--this is indeed a very important dimension of the movement's future direction.
Please keep me informed about how I can support your work. Again, congratulations and best wishes! Jenny > On Jan 7, 2015, at 12:26 PM, Fabrice Florin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I am happy to announce that I will be joining the Wikimedia Foundation's > Communications team as Movement Communications Manager for a period of six > months. > > I have really enjoyed my work as product manager at WMF in the past 3 years, > leading the development of new tools like Notifications, Thanks, Beta > Features, Media Viewer and other multimedia products [1]. > > One of the lessons I learned during that time is that 'better communications' > are really important to make our movement more effective. I also think that > growing a 'culture of kindness' is key if we want to engage a broader > community [2]. I hope to support both of these goals in my new role. > > Starting this week, I will be working with the communications team on the > Wikimedia blog and general WMF/movement communications. My focus for the blog > will include improving contributor workflow for community members and WMF > staff, and providing editorial guidance for contributors. I will also act as > the main contact point for authors submitting new blog posts, and shepherd > the publication process. Within movement communications, I will work to > improve the availability, distribution, and timeliness of communications from > the WMF to the broader community. I will also manage a range of movement > communications tasks previously handled by Tilman Bayer, who is transitioning > to the WMF Product team as Senior Analyst. > > Going forward, senior engineer Gilles Dubuc will lead the multimedia team and > take on some of my responsibilities as product owner, until a new product > manager is assigned to that team. Please contact him directly with any > questions related to our multimedia work. > > I’d like to thank all my colleagues on the multimedia and product teams -- as > well as our many community champions -- for being such wonderful > collaborators over the past few years. I am proud of what we accomplished > together, and I hope that the features we created can help many more people > share knowledge productively in years to come. Special thanks to Erik Moeller > for his thoughtful guidance throughout the past three years -- and for making > this transition possible. > > I'm delighted to take on this new assignment, and look forward to more > collaborations with you all in the coming year. > > Onward! > > > Fabrice Florin > Movement Communications Manager > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > [1] Fabrice's user page: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF) > > [2] 'A Culture of Kindness' blog post: > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/12/23/a-culture-of-kindness/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Multimedia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia _______________________________________________ Multimedia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia
