Re: [Wikimediauk-l] I'm moving on!

[Sara Thomas]

Aw mate. Thank you for all the help you gave me over the course of the 
residency, & all the very best for the future!

Sara/lirazelf

Sent from my iPhone

On 3 Aug 2016, at 18:26, Stevie Benton 
> wrote:

Having worked with you for quite a while, I know how much you'll be missed. You 
did an excellent job, sometimes in very difficult circumstances.

I think all I can really say is you made everyone's work both easier and more 
enjoyable. Best of luck in the new job, but you won't need it because I know 
you'll be superb at it.

Stevie

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Rex X 
> wrote:
Thank you for all your work for WMUK over the last five years, Richard.

I'm sure you'll find fresh friendships and new challenges in your new job, but
please don't forget your old friends as you go forward.

Keep in touch, and all my best wishes to you and Fi. You'll always be "Richard
the First" to me.
--
Doug


> On 03 August 2016 at 15:32 Richard Symonds 
> >
> wrote:
>
>
> Hello everyone!
>
> I've worked for Wikimedia UK since just before we hired our first Chief
> Executive, but it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat. At the end of
> August, I'll be leaving Wikimedia UK for a new role - still in London, but
> doing something rather different, and with a fair bit more responsibility.
> Those of you who are my friends will know what this new job entails - I'd
> ask you to keep it to yourselves. To those of you who don't, you're free to
> ask me on Facebook!
>
> I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wikimedia UK under both Jon and Lucy.
> It's really something to see how the charity has changed over the years -
> from a small, absurdly hopeful organisation with limitless opportunities,
> to a larger, but more stable and more focused charity with a solid track
> record of events and partnerships, and with what I firmly believe to now be
> (post-governance-review) the best governance in the movement.
>
> I have full confidence in the team of staff and volunteers here to keep
> things moving forward, even if Richard Nevell does get overly focused on
> castles from time to time. I'll be staying on as a volunteer, of course,
> and I will probably focus my initial efforts on sending Richard Nevell
> pictures of castles while he's working, which I'm pretty sure counts
> towards our metrics.
>
> On a more productive note, highlights of my time here include:
>
>- Learning to cycle in London (pictures not on Commons, although there
>might be a video)
>- Our "Finance and Fundraising communal pickled onion jar", relabelled
>"pickled fox" after went on the NHM Spirits Tour (pictures not on Commons,
>except perhaps in the background)
>- The "Wikimedia UK does WLM" tour of an unlit Grade II listed Victorian
>Public Convenience (pictures on Commons)
>- Driving Katherine Bavage to despair by uploading pictures of her to
>Commons, and only then explaining what Commons is (I await the inevitable
>deletion request from someone who takes this too seriously)
>- Participating in the Chutney Making from Waste Fruit and Vegetables
>World Record Attempt, a World record attempt for amount of people making
>chutney simultaneously (pictures not taken, too busy eating chutney)
>- Wikimania 2014, which only those who served can *truly*
> understand (pictures
>on Commons, I imagine, although I tried to avoid them)
>
> I wish everyone at Wikimedia UK - volunteers and staff - all the best,
> especially Daria, who now holds the crown for "longest serving staff
> member". Working at Wikimedia UK has been an enlightening experience, but
> also a privilege, and something which I will never forget.
>
> {{Template:Witty sign-off}},
>
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] I'm moving on!

[Stevie Benton]

Having worked with you for quite a while, I know how much you'll be missed.
You did an excellent job, sometimes in very difficult circumstances.

I think all I can really say is you made everyone's work both easier and
more enjoyable. Best of luck in the new job, but you won't need it because
I know you'll be superb at it.

Stevie

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Rex X  wrote:

> Thank you for all your work for WMUK over the last five years, Richard.
>
> I'm sure you'll find fresh friendships and new challenges in your new job,
> but
> please don't forget your old friends as you go forward.
>
> Keep in touch, and all my best wishes to you and Fi. You'll always be
> "Richard
> the First" to me.
> --
> Doug
>
>
> > On 03 August 2016 at 15:32 Richard Symonds <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello everyone!
> >
> > I've worked for Wikimedia UK since just before we hired our first Chief
> > Executive, but it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat. At the end of
> > August, I'll be leaving Wikimedia UK for a new role - still in London,
> but
> > doing something rather different, and with a fair bit more
> responsibility.
> > Those of you who are my friends will know what this new job entails - I'd
> > ask you to keep it to yourselves. To those of you who don't, you're free
> to
> > ask me on Facebook!
> >
> > I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wikimedia UK under both Jon and
> Lucy.
> > It's really something to see how the charity has changed over the years -
> > from a small, absurdly hopeful organisation with limitless opportunities,
> > to a larger, but more stable and more focused charity with a solid track
> > record of events and partnerships, and with what I firmly believe to now
> be
> > (post-governance-review) the best governance in the movement.
> >
> > I have full confidence in the team of staff and volunteers here to keep
> > things moving forward, even if Richard Nevell does get overly focused on
> > castles from time to time. I'll be staying on as a volunteer, of course,
> > and I will probably focus my initial efforts on sending Richard Nevell
> > pictures of castles while he's working, which I'm pretty sure counts
> > towards our metrics.
> >
> > On a more productive note, highlights of my time here include:
> >
> >- Learning to cycle in London (pictures not on Commons, although there
> >might be a video)
> >- Our "Finance and Fundraising communal pickled onion jar", relabelled
> >"pickled fox" after went on the NHM Spirits Tour (pictures not on
> Commons,
> >except perhaps in the background)
> >- The "Wikimedia UK does WLM" tour of an unlit Grade II listed
> Victorian
> >Public Convenience (pictures on Commons)
> >- Driving Katherine Bavage to despair by uploading pictures of her to
> >Commons, and only then explaining what Commons is (I await the
> inevitable
> >deletion request from someone who takes this too seriously)
> >- Participating in the Chutney Making from Waste Fruit and Vegetables
> >World Record Attempt, a World record attempt for amount of people
> making
> >chutney simultaneously (pictures not taken, too busy eating chutney)
> >- Wikimania 2014, which only those who served can *truly*
> > understand (pictures
> >on Commons, I imagine, although I tried to avoid them)
> >
> > I wish everyone at Wikimedia UK - volunteers and staff - all the best,
> > especially Daria, who now holds the crown for "longest serving staff
> > member". Working at Wikimedia UK has been an enlightening experience, but
> > also a privilege, and something which I will never forget.
> >
> > {{Template:Witty sign-off}},
> >
> > Richard Symonds
> > Wikimedia UK
> > 0207 065 0992
> >
> > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A
> 4LT.
> > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
> >
> > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] I'm moving on!

[Rex X]

Thank you for all your work for WMUK over the last five years, Richard.

I'm sure you'll find fresh friendships and new challenges in your new job, but
please don't forget your old friends as you go forward.

Keep in touch, and all my best wishes to you and Fi. You'll always be "Richard
the First" to me.
-- 
Doug


> On 03 August 2016 at 15:32 Richard Symonds 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello everyone!
> 
> I've worked for Wikimedia UK since just before we hired our first Chief
> Executive, but it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat. At the end of
> August, I'll be leaving Wikimedia UK for a new role - still in London, but
> doing something rather different, and with a fair bit more responsibility.
> Those of you who are my friends will know what this new job entails - I'd
> ask you to keep it to yourselves. To those of you who don't, you're free to
> ask me on Facebook!
> 
> I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wikimedia UK under both Jon and Lucy.
> It's really something to see how the charity has changed over the years -
> from a small, absurdly hopeful organisation with limitless opportunities,
> to a larger, but more stable and more focused charity with a solid track
> record of events and partnerships, and with what I firmly believe to now be
> (post-governance-review) the best governance in the movement.
> 
> I have full confidence in the team of staff and volunteers here to keep
> things moving forward, even if Richard Nevell does get overly focused on
> castles from time to time. I'll be staying on as a volunteer, of course,
> and I will probably focus my initial efforts on sending Richard Nevell
> pictures of castles while he's working, which I'm pretty sure counts
> towards our metrics.
> 
> On a more productive note, highlights of my time here include:
> 
>- Learning to cycle in London (pictures not on Commons, although there
>might be a video)
>- Our "Finance and Fundraising communal pickled onion jar", relabelled
>"pickled fox" after went on the NHM Spirits Tour (pictures not on Commons,
>except perhaps in the background)
>- The "Wikimedia UK does WLM" tour of an unlit Grade II listed Victorian
>Public Convenience (pictures on Commons)
>- Driving Katherine Bavage to despair by uploading pictures of her to
>Commons, and only then explaining what Commons is (I await the inevitable
>deletion request from someone who takes this too seriously)
>- Participating in the Chutney Making from Waste Fruit and Vegetables
>World Record Attempt, a World record attempt for amount of people making
>chutney simultaneously (pictures not taken, too busy eating chutney)
>- Wikimania 2014, which only those who served can *truly*
> understand (pictures
>on Commons, I imagine, although I tried to avoid them)
> 
> I wish everyone at Wikimedia UK - volunteers and staff - all the best,
> especially Daria, who now holds the crown for "longest serving staff
> member". Working at Wikimedia UK has been an enlightening experience, but
> also a privilege, and something which I will never forget.
> 
> {{Template:Witty sign-off}},
> 
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
> 
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
> 
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] I'm moving on!

[Andy Mabbett]

On 3 August 2016 at 15:32, Richard Symonds
 wrote:

> it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat

Good riddance.















No, seriously, thanks for all you've done for the chapter, the
movement, and to help me as a Wikimedian and WMUK volunteer.

I'm sure your next job will be much less stressful ;-)

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[Michael Maggs]

Hi Richard

I was really pleased to hear that your new role has worked out for you. 
I know it's taken a lot of work and commitment. Well done for achieving 
it, and many congratulations!


All the very best to you and to F.  We'll miss you.

Michael

Richard Symonds wrote:

Hello everyone!

I've worked for Wikimedia UK since just before we hired our first 
Chief Executive, but it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat. At 
the end of August, I'll be leaving Wikimedia UK for a new role - still 
in London, but doing something rather different, and with a fair bit 
more responsibility. Those of you who are my friends will know what 
this new job entails - I'd ask you to keep it to yourselves. To those 
of you who don't, you're free to ask me on Facebook!


I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wikimedia UK under both Jon and 
Lucy. It's really something to see how the charity has changed over 
the years - from a small, absurdly hopeful organisation with limitless 
opportunities, to a larger, but more stable and more focused charity 
with a solid track record of events and partnerships, and with what I 
firmly believe to now be (post-governance-review) the best governance 
in the movement.


I have full confidence in the team of staff and volunteers here to 
keep things moving forward, even if Richard Nevell does get overly 
focused on castles from time to time. I'll be staying on as a 
volunteer, of course, and I will probably focus my initial efforts on 
sending Richard Nevell pictures of castles while he's working, which 
I'm pretty sure counts towards our metrics.


On a more productive note, highlights of my time here include:

  * Learning to cycle in London (pictures not on Commons, although
there might be a video)
  * Our "Finance and Fundraising communal pickled onion jar",
relabelled "pickled fox" after went on the NHM Spirits Tour
(pictures not on Commons, except perhaps in the background)
  * The "Wikimedia UK does WLM" tour of an unlit Grade II listed
Victorian Public Convenience (pictures on Commons)
  * Driving Katherine Bavage to despair by uploading pictures of her
to Commons, and only then explaining what Commons is (I await the
inevitable deletion request from someone who takes this too seriously)
  * Participating in the Chutney Making from Waste Fruit and
Vegetables World Record Attempt, a World record attempt for amount
of people making chutney simultaneously (pictures not taken, too
busy eating chutney)
  * Wikimania 2014, which only those who served can
/truly/ understand (pictures on Commons, I imagine, although I
tried to avoid them) 

I wish everyone at Wikimedia UK - volunteers and staff - all the best, 
especially Daria, who now holds the crown for "longest serving staff 
member". Working at Wikimedia UK has been an enlightening experience, 
but also a privilege, and something which I will never forget.


{{Template:Witty sign-off}},

Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England 
and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. 
Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, 
London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a 
global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the 
Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).


*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] I'm moving on!

[Katherine Bavage]

We'll always have incredibly unflattering photos of me making courgette
kebabs for the Development House Barbeque...

I would say 'you will be missed' but you won't because I full intend to
keep turning up at your flat for American national holidays/on your
facebook page with memes that cause Liam Wyatt to despair.

So I will say GOOD LUCK (not to your new employers who are clearly already
very lucky - boo hiss etc) and to offer to chip in to any collection to buy
you a jar of pickled fox as a parting pressie...

On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 at 15:57 Katie Chan  wrote:

> It was a pleasure working with you Richard. Thank you for all your hard
> work with Wikimedia UK over the years. Best wishes in your new job, and
> looking forward to seeing you around as a volunteer in future Wikimedia
> events.
>
> Katie
>
> On 03/08/2016 15:32, Richard Symonds wrote:
> > Hello everyone!
> >
> > I've worked for Wikimedia UK since just before we hired our first Chief
> > Executive, but it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat. At the end of
> > August, I'll be leaving Wikimedia UK for a new role - still in London,
> > but doing something rather different, and with a fair bit more
> > responsibility. Those of you who are my friends will know what this new
> > job entails - I'd ask you to keep it to yourselves. To those of you who
> > don't, you're free to ask me on Facebook!
> >
> > I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wikimedia UK under both Jon and
> > Lucy. It's really something to see how the charity has changed over the
> > years - from a small, absurdly hopeful organisation with limitless
> > opportunities, to a larger, but more stable and more focused charity
> > with a solid track record of events and partnerships, and with what I
> > firmly believe to now be (post-governance-review) the best governance in
> > the movement.
> >
> > I have full confidence in the team of staff and volunteers here to keep
> > things moving forward, even if Richard Nevell does get overly focused on
> > castles from time to time. I'll be staying on as a volunteer, of course,
> > and I will probably focus my initial efforts on sending Richard Nevell
> > pictures of castles while he's working, which I'm pretty sure counts
> > towards our metrics.
> >
> > On a more productive note, highlights of my time here include:
> >
> >   * Learning to cycle in London (pictures not on Commons, although there
> > might be a video)
> >   * Our "Finance and Fundraising communal pickled onion jar", relabelled
> > "pickled fox" after went on the NHM Spirits Tour (pictures not on
> > Commons, except perhaps in the background)
> >   * The "Wikimedia UK does WLM" tour of an unlit Grade II listed
> > Victorian Public Convenience (pictures on Commons)
> >   * Driving Katherine Bavage to despair by uploading pictures of her to
> > Commons, and only then explaining what Commons is (I await the
> > inevitable deletion request from someone who takes this too
> seriously)
> >   * Participating in the Chutney Making from Waste Fruit and Vegetables
> > World Record Attempt, a World record attempt for amount of people
> > making chutney simultaneously (pictures not taken, too busy eating
> > chutney)
> >   * Wikimania 2014, which only those who served can
> > /truly/ understand (pictures on Commons, I imagine, although I tried
> > to avoid them)
> >
> > I wish everyone at Wikimedia UK - volunteers and staff - all the best,
> > especially Daria, who now holds the crown for "longest serving staff
> > member". Working at Wikimedia UK has been an enlightening experience,
> > but also a privilege, and something which I will never forget.
> >
> > {{Template:Witty sign-off}},
> >
> > Richard Symonds
> > Wikimedia UK
> > 0207 065 0992
>
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[Katie Chan]

It was a pleasure working with you Richard. Thank you for all your hard 
work with Wikimedia UK over the years. Best wishes in your new job, and 
looking forward to seeing you around as a volunteer in future Wikimedia 
events.


Katie

On 03/08/2016 15:32, Richard Symonds wrote:

Hello everyone!

I've worked for Wikimedia UK since just before we hired our first Chief
Executive, but it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat. At the end of
August, I'll be leaving Wikimedia UK for a new role - still in London,
but doing something rather different, and with a fair bit more
responsibility. Those of you who are my friends will know what this new
job entails - I'd ask you to keep it to yourselves. To those of you who
don't, you're free to ask me on Facebook!

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wikimedia UK under both Jon and
Lucy. It's really something to see how the charity has changed over the
years - from a small, absurdly hopeful organisation with limitless
opportunities, to a larger, but more stable and more focused charity
with a solid track record of events and partnerships, and with what I
firmly believe to now be (post-governance-review) the best governance in
the movement.

I have full confidence in the team of staff and volunteers here to keep
things moving forward, even if Richard Nevell does get overly focused on
castles from time to time. I'll be staying on as a volunteer, of course,
and I will probably focus my initial efforts on sending Richard Nevell
pictures of castles while he's working, which I'm pretty sure counts
towards our metrics.

On a more productive note, highlights of my time here include:

  * Learning to cycle in London (pictures not on Commons, although there
might be a video)
  * Our "Finance and Fundraising communal pickled onion jar", relabelled
"pickled fox" after went on the NHM Spirits Tour (pictures not on
Commons, except perhaps in the background)
  * The "Wikimedia UK does WLM" tour of an unlit Grade II listed
Victorian Public Convenience (pictures on Commons)
  * Driving Katherine Bavage to despair by uploading pictures of her to
Commons, and only then explaining what Commons is (I await the
inevitable deletion request from someone who takes this too seriously)
  * Participating in the Chutney Making from Waste Fruit and Vegetables
World Record Attempt, a World record attempt for amount of people
making chutney simultaneously (pictures not taken, too busy eating
chutney)
  * Wikimania 2014, which only those who served can
/truly/ understand (pictures on Commons, I imagine, although I tried
to avoid them)

I wish everyone at Wikimedia UK - volunteers and staff - all the best,
especially Daria, who now holds the crown for "longest serving staff
member". Working at Wikimedia UK has been an enlightening experience,
but also a privilege, and something which I will never forget.

{{Template:Witty sign-off}},

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Wikimedia UK
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[Chris Keating]

Congratulations on the new job Richard - it feels like quite a long time
ago since I interviewed you for the role of "providing poorly specified but
vital help in the 2011 fundraiser until we actually get our act together
and have an office and so on" ;)

Thank you for all your hard work and commitment over the last 5 years!

Chris

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Richard Symonds <
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> I've worked for Wikimedia UK since just before we hired our first Chief
> Executive, but it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat. At the end of
> August, I'll be leaving Wikimedia UK for a new role - still in London, but
> doing something rather different, and with a fair bit more responsibility.
> Those of you who are my friends will know what this new job entails - I'd
> ask you to keep it to yourselves. To those of you who don't, you're free to
> ask me on Facebook!
>
> I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wikimedia UK under both Jon and Lucy.
> It's really something to see how the charity has changed over the years -
> from a small, absurdly hopeful organisation with limitless opportunities,
> to a larger, but more stable and more focused charity with a solid track
> record of events and partnerships, and with what I firmly believe to now be
> (post-governance-review) the best governance in the movement.
>
> I have full confidence in the team of staff and volunteers here to keep
> things moving forward, even if Richard Nevell does get overly focused on
> castles from time to time. I'll be staying on as a volunteer, of course,
> and I will probably focus my initial efforts on sending Richard Nevell
> pictures of castles while he's working, which I'm pretty sure counts
> towards our metrics.
>
> On a more productive note, highlights of my time here include:
>
>- Learning to cycle in London (pictures not on Commons, although there
>might be a video)
>- Our "Finance and Fundraising communal pickled onion jar", relabelled
>"pickled fox" after went on the NHM Spirits Tour (pictures not on Commons,
>except perhaps in the background)
>- The "Wikimedia UK does WLM" tour of an unlit Grade II listed
>Victorian Public Convenience (pictures on Commons)
>- Driving Katherine Bavage to despair by uploading pictures of her to
>Commons, and only then explaining what Commons is (I await the inevitable
>deletion request from someone who takes this too seriously)
>- Participating in the Chutney Making from Waste Fruit and Vegetables
>World Record Attempt, a World record attempt for amount of people making
>chutney simultaneously (pictures not taken, too busy eating chutney)
>- Wikimania 2014, which only those who served can *truly* understand 
> (pictures
>on Commons, I imagine, although I tried to avoid them)
>
> I wish everyone at Wikimedia UK - volunteers and staff - all the best,
> especially Daria, who now holds the crown for "longest serving staff
> member". Working at Wikimedia UK has been an enlightening experience, but
> also a privilege, and something which I will never forget.
>
> {{Template:Witty sign-off}},
>
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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[Wikimediauk-l] I'm moving on!

[Richard Symonds]

Hello everyone!

I've worked for Wikimedia UK since just before we hired our first Chief
Executive, but it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat. At the end of
August, I'll be leaving Wikimedia UK for a new role - still in London, but
doing something rather different, and with a fair bit more responsibility.
Those of you who are my friends will know what this new job entails - I'd
ask you to keep it to yourselves. To those of you who don't, you're free to
ask me on Facebook!

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wikimedia UK under both Jon and Lucy.
It's really something to see how the charity has changed over the years -
from a small, absurdly hopeful organisation with limitless opportunities,
to a larger, but more stable and more focused charity with a solid track
record of events and partnerships, and with what I firmly believe to now be
(post-governance-review) the best governance in the movement.

I have full confidence in the team of staff and volunteers here to keep
things moving forward, even if Richard Nevell does get overly focused on
castles from time to time. I'll be staying on as a volunteer, of course,
and I will probably focus my initial efforts on sending Richard Nevell
pictures of castles while he's working, which I'm pretty sure counts
towards our metrics.

On a more productive note, highlights of my time here include:

   - Learning to cycle in London (pictures not on Commons, although there
   might be a video)
   - Our "Finance and Fundraising communal pickled onion jar", relabelled
   "pickled fox" after went on the NHM Spirits Tour (pictures not on Commons,
   except perhaps in the background)
   - The "Wikimedia UK does WLM" tour of an unlit Grade II listed Victorian
   Public Convenience (pictures on Commons)
   - Driving Katherine Bavage to despair by uploading pictures of her to
   Commons, and only then explaining what Commons is (I await the inevitable
   deletion request from someone who takes this too seriously)
   - Participating in the Chutney Making from Waste Fruit and Vegetables
   World Record Attempt, a World record attempt for amount of people making
   chutney simultaneously (pictures not taken, too busy eating chutney)
   - Wikimania 2014, which only those who served can *truly*
understand (pictures
   on Commons, I imagine, although I tried to avoid them)

I wish everyone at Wikimedia UK - volunteers and staff - all the best,
especially Daria, who now holds the crown for "longest serving staff
member". Working at Wikimedia UK has been an enlightening experience, but
also a privilege, and something which I will never forget.

{{Template:Witty sign-off}},

Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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