Yes, this is great. Especially as one of the last fellow's - Siko has
been a key component in supporting me professionally, as I move into a
new "career," in open culture and communities, and to help me learn new
skills in this field that I surely didn't expect to be working in when I
was attending school to curate museum exhibitions :) Without Siko's
determination, drive, and encouragement I'd be still crying in the
corner after Wikimania from the stress and frustration at trying to
"close" a gender gap that I often feel is an impossible task.
What Siko has done for myself, and others in the program, has been
extremely beneficial, and it broke my heart knowing that Siko's role at
WMF was questionable because of the end of the fellowships. To see this
new project created so quickly (I mean seriously!! Really really
quickly!) and so beautifully, makes me really happy. And to know that
others, around the world, will be able to execute projects that make an
impact on the mission of the movement, is really great - and still get
the guidance that Siko can provide.
I'll stop being so sappy :)
-Sarah
On 1/16/13 3:18 PM, Sydney Poore wrote:
Glad to hear that you both are moving into these new roles. :-)
Sydney Poore
User:FloNight
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Nicole Ebber <nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de>wrote:
Congratulations, looking forward to working with you!
Cheers,
Nicole
On 16 January 2013 18:28, Patricia Pena <pp...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Great news! Congrats Siko and Katy!
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Fabrice Florin <fflo...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:52 PM,
wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.orgwrote:
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 <asengu...@wikimedia.org>
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Welcome: Siko Bouterse and Katy Love join the
Grantmaking team at WMF
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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
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