Ni! Thank you so much Barry,
For all that you've shared with us through your discrete, open and brilliant leadership of the Global Development Team. I feel special admiration for the way you handled the Grants program and its Advisory Committee, and the interface with Brazil, including the hiring of WMF's first employees here (which I'll never stop criticizing, so it can be even better in the future! hahaha). It should also be told and remembered that your efforts, with the Global Development team, to get to the point where the WMF can make together with the communities involved some very tough decisions, have shaped for the better the Wikimedia Movement, now and in the long term. We have just learned that our way forward is going to be a bit more uncertain, but, with you as a volunteer member of the movement, I am sure it will be no less joyous, perhaps even more! All the best to you, your future, and those you care for! And see you soon =) Um grande abraço, ale [[User:Solstag]] On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Barry Newstead <bnewst...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Cross-posting > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Barry Newstead <bnewst...@wikimedia.org> > Date: Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:41 AM > Subject: Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation > To: Announce Mailing List <wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Dear Wikimedia friends and colleagues, > > It is bittersweet for me to share with all of you that I will be leaving the > Wikimedia Foundation at the end of August to relocate to Australia for > personal reasons. > > It is difficult for me to leave Wikimedia and particularly leave the Global > Development team, which I’ve had the pleasure of building and leading over > the past two years. I am proud of what we have accomplished in raising the > priority of much of the globe within the Wikimedia movement, strengthening > our mobile strategy and education program, globalizing communications, and > tackling the difficult movement roles issues that I hope can be put in the > past. It hasn’t been easy or uncontroversial, but I truly believe that we > are heading in the right direction. > > One of the great joys of my work has been the opportunity to travel and meet > many amazing Wikipedians and to share the Wikimedia story with the world. It > is so inspiring to hear first hand how much people love our projects and the > amazing things that so many people do in support of the movement. This is > what helped me survive the many long flights and jetlag-filled nights. It > was an honour representing the Wikimedia Foundation and often the Wikimedia > movement in so many places. > > I am confident that the Global Development work will thrive with the team in > place and with all of the dedicated community members who see us as > partners. I look forward to becoming a volunteer member of the movement and > supporting the work in new ways. Sue will share plans for the transition > shortly. > > Many thanks to all who have supported me and our work. > > Kind regards, > Barry > > -- > Barry Newstead > Chief Global Development Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > Donate to Wikimedia > > > > > -- > Barry Newstead > Chief Global Development Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > Donate to Wikimedia > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaBR-l mailing list > WikimediaBR-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediabr-l > _______________________________________________ WikimediaBR-l mailing list WikimediaBR-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediabr-l
