Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-25 Thread Antoine Musso
Le 12/09/2014 18:09, Sumana Harihareswara a écrit : I write this email with regret to let you know that I've decided to leave the Wikimedia Foundation after nearly four years working here, and that my last day will be 30 September. I go into my reasoning and plans in this personal blog post:

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-24 Thread CherianTinu Abraham
Thank you for your contributions to Wikimedia movement and Foundation. You will be missed. Best wishes for the future. Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:39 PM, Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org wrote: I write this email with regret to let you know that I've decided to

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-15 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
I am so sincerely sorry to see you leaving. I learned from you so many good things that I shouldn't start listing them. May I keep poking your amazing mind for links to useful blog posts on an endless variety of relevant topics? :) Будем песню беречь, До свиданья, до новых встреч. -- Amir

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-14 Thread Quim Gil
On Friday, September 12, 2014, Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org wrote: I go into my reasoning and plans in this personal blog post: http://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2014/09/12/0 Sumana, more than wishing you good luck (being luck a random factor by definition) I wish you a new

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-14 Thread Shawn Jones
Sumana, You definitely inspired us during WikiConference USA. I look forward to our paths crossing again. Good luck in your future endeavors. Shawn M. Jones Graduate Research Assistant Department of Computer Science Old Dominion University Email: sj...@cs.odu.edu Research group:

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-14 Thread Brian Wolff
On 9/12/14, Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org wrote: I write this email with regret to let you know that I've decided to leave the Wikimedia Foundation after nearly four years working here, and that my last day will be 30 September. I go into my reasoning and plans in this personal

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-14 Thread Thomas Tanon
I'm also very saddened to hear you are leaving. You were the person that introduced me (and so many other people!) to the MediaWiki developers world and I think this is only the smallest of the great impact you had on the MW community. We will miss you so much. Best wishes, Thomas (Tpt) Le

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-13 Thread Pine W
Thanks for your work and the explanation, Sumana. If it is any consolation, I agree that it's good to work with nice people, and we have some work to do on how people sometimes treat each other around here. Good luck, Pine On Sep 12, 2014 9:10 PM, Tony Thomas 01tonytho...@gmail.com wrote: All

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-13 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Thanks Sumana.. Have a great life and have fun living it. I hope to see you around :) GerardM On 12 September 2014 18:09, Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org wrote: I write this email with regret to let you know that I've decided to leave the Wikimedia Foundation after nearly four

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-13 Thread Maarten Dammers
Hi Sumana, Sumana Harihareswara schreef op 12-9-2014 18:09: I write this email with regret to let you know that I've decided to leave the Wikimedia Foundation after nearly four years working here, and that my last day will be 30 September. I'm sorry to see you leave. I really liked working with

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-13 Thread Manuel Schneider
Thanks Sumana for sharing this with us and for all your work in the past years. I have to agree with many things said and it is always sad to see someone go. Everything ends at some point and every ending also bears a new start of something else. This applies to you as it does apply to us, the

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-13 Thread Markus Glaser
. September 2014 18:09 An: Wikimedia developers Betreff: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation I write this email with regret to let you know that I've decided to leave the Wikimedia Foundation after nearly four years working here, and that my last day will be 30 September. I go into my

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-13 Thread Scott MacLeod
Farewell, Sumana, Sorry you're leaving WikiMedia, appreciating your good spirits, and looking forward to staying in communication. Best regards, Scott http://scottmacleod.com https://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch http://worlduniversityandschool.org :'( Going to miss you Sumana! (Hopefully

[Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-12 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
I write this email with regret to let you know that I've decided to leave the Wikimedia Foundation after nearly four years working here, and that my last day will be 30 September. I go into my reasoning and plans in this personal blog post: http://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2014/09/12/0 I'm

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-12 Thread Bináris
Thank you for the work by this time, and good luck! ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-12 Thread Derric Atzrott
You will be serverly missed. You've always been one of my favourite people at the Foundation. Thank you, Derric Atzrott ___ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-12 Thread David Cuenca
After reading your blog post, I must agree with this: And I'd like to [...] exclude destructive communication from my life (yes, there's some amount of burnout on toxic people and entitlement). I wish that in your new environment you find a better environment to grow professionally with less

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-12 Thread Danny Joe Bauch
It was a pleasure to meet you and to work with you at the NOLA Hackathon. Best of luck. On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Sumana Harihareswara suma...@wikimedia.org wrote: I write this email with regret to let you know that I've decided to leave the Wikimedia Foundation after nearly four

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-12 Thread Jeroen De Dauw
Hey Sumana, Thanks for writing that up and the bits of helpful advice you gave me over the years. And like Micru, I have to agree with this part: And I'd like to [...] exclude destructive communication from my life (yes, there's some amount of burnout on toxic people and entitlement). This

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-12 Thread Tyler Romeo
:'( Going to miss you Sumana! (Hopefully we can meet up in the city one day.) *-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016 Major in Computer Science On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Jeroen De Dauw jeroended...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Sumana, Thanks for writing that up and

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-12 Thread Amir Ladsgroup
You will be missed Sumana, I personally will never forget what you did in WMF to make Wiki a better place. Best wishes On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Derk-Jan Hartman d.j.hartman+wmf...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 sep. 2014, at 20:08, Jeroen De Dauw jeroended...@gmail.com wrote: Hey

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-12 Thread Nischay Nahata
Hey Sumana, I would like to say all the best in your future endeavors and say a big Thank You for mentoring me (a lot of which wasn't even part of your job). A lot of credit behind my small successes are attributed to you :) Let me know how to stay in touch. On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:39 PM,

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-12 Thread Katie Chan
It was a privilege to have meet you at Wikimedia events and you will be missed And I'd like to [...] exclude destructive communication from my life (yes, there's some amount of burnout on toxic people and entitlement). Sad to read this, but so so understandable unfortunately. KTC -- Katie

Re: [Wikitech-l] I'm leaving the Wikimedia Foundation

2014-09-12 Thread Tony Thomas
All the best Sumana. You will be missed. :) Thanks, Tony Thomas http://tttwrites.wordpress.com/ FOSS@Amrita http://foss.amrita.ac.in *where there is a wifi, there is a way* On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 3:20 AM, Katie Chan k...@ktchan.info wrote: It was a privilege to have meet you at Wikimedia