Great news! Congrats Siko and Katy! On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Fabrice Florin <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:52 PM, [email protected]: > > Congrats, Siko and Katy! > > So glad to hear you'll be spearheading these important initiatives. > > Siko, I'm thrilled that we'll keep working together in your new role. > > Katy, welcome aboard! Look forward to meeting with you next week ... > > Onward! > > > Fabrice > > > > > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:51:31 -0800 > > From: Anasuya Sengupta <[email protected]> > > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome: Siko Bouterse and Katy Love join the > > Grantmaking team at WMF > > Message-ID: > > < > cakk0pry76bxwtzexqvsnrjcdmth7j0_+pesyyi3a52ovepr...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Dear all, > > > > As you know, we recently re-named the Global Development department at > the > > Wikimedia Foundation, as the Grantmaking and Programs department. The > > Grantmaking team is committed to supporting our community and meeting our > > shared goals at the different levels of contribution - whether > individuals, > > groups or organisations - and we will be working with you over the next > > few months to deepen our strategies for doing so, and for evaluating our > > impact. > > > > In the meantime, however, I am delighted to announce some changes to the > > Grantmaking team that reflect this commitment. Siko Bouterse [1] needs no > > introduction to most of you, having worked at WMF since 2011, most > recently > > coordinating the Fellowships program. Siko is coming on to the > Grantmaking > > team as Head of Individual Engagement Grants, a program that will support > > individual or small team projects for online impact. This is to be > launched > > later today... watch out for Siko's announcement and details of the > > program, coming soon to a wiki near you. Siko will also shortly be taking > > on the responsibility for the Participation Support Program (which WMF > and > > WMDE fund together), and supporting the documentation and analysis of our > > project-based grants. We are really pleased to have Siko's experience and > > insights on our team. > > > > Katy Love is new to the team, the organisation and the movement, but I > have > > no doubt that her experience and insights, as well, will help us be more > > effective. Katy has just joined us as the Senior Program Officer for the > > Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) [2] with a passion for strategic and > > impactful grantmaking, participatory collaborative work, and transparent > > decision-making. Her background spans philanthropic activities and NGO > > programs, systems, and operations. She spent the last four years at CARE > > International with the Emergency Capacity Building Project, a > collaboration > > between six of the largest NGOs, aimed at improving humanitarian > response. > > > > Please join me in welcoming them to our team! > > > > Warmly, > > Anasuya > > > > [1] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Sbouterse > > [2] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=owwHWfwp&c=qSa9VfwQ > > > > -- > > ***Anasuya Sengupta > > Senior Director of Grantmaking > > 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! > > Support Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- Pats Pena | Global Fundraising Operations Manager Wikimedia Foundation office +1 (415) 839 6885 x6764 cell: +1 (415) 816 3349 fax: +1 (415) 284 9511 Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! *https://donate.wikimedia.org* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
