Welcome Katherine! Regards from Mexico. El mar 28, 2014 5:37 p.m., "Lodewijk" <[email protected]> escribió:
> Welcome on board Katherine! I'm looking forward to see you at work. > > Lodewijk > > > 2014-03-28 15:10 GMT+01:00 Nurunnaby Chowdhury <[email protected]>: > > > Hi Katherine, Congratulations & Welcome! > > > > -- > > Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive > > User: nhasive > > Sent from my Android Tablet > > On Mar 28, 2014 6:21 PM, "David Parreño Mont" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Welcome, Katherine! Congratulations! > > > > > > David Parreño Mont > > > Communication > > > Amical Wikimedia > > > > > > > > > 2014-03-28 6:03 GMT+01:00 Sue Gardner <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > Hey folks, > > > > > > > > I'm pleased to announce we've hired a Chief Communications Officer > for > > > the > > > > Wikimedia Foundation, replacing Jay Walsh who left us in October. Our > > new > > > > head of communications will be Katherine Maher, and she will join us > on > > > 14 > > > > April, reporting to me. > > > > > > > > Katherine comes to the WMF from Washington DC, where she was Advocacy > > > > Director for the global digital rights organization Access. At > Access, > > > she > > > > was responsible for all media and communications work, including > > > > communications between the organization and its 350,000 members. She > > also > > > > handled coalition work and advocacy efforts and urgent global threats > > to > > > > digital rights, participated in the organization's strategic > planning, > > > and > > > > was deeply involved with the production of RightsCon. > > > > > > > > Before Access, Katherine worked on the launch of the Open Development > > > > Technology Alliance at the World Bank, and was a program manager for > > > > internet freedom projects at the National Democratic Institute. > > Earlier, > > > > she worked on the UniWiki initiative for the UNICEF Innovation team, > > > > intended to improve MediaWiki's usability for people who were new to > > > > computer use, using early-model technology, or connecting in > > > low-bandwidth > > > > environments. Through her career she's been a frequent media > > spokesperson > > > > and writer of op-eds and other media materials. > > > > > > > > Katherine has lived and worked in nine countries and visited many > more. > > > She > > > > is a native speaker of English, and has a basic knowledge of French, > > > Arabic > > > > and German. > > > > > > > > The purpose of the CCO role is to ensure fast, easy information flow > > > about > > > > Wikimedia in multiple languages, both internally within the movement > > and > > > > outside of it, and I think Katherine will be a wonderful fit for that > > > work. > > > > Her experiences advocating for the rights of ordinary internet users > > and > > > > communicating with a large global volunteer community are both rare > and > > > > directly relevant. She's got a solid understanding of internet > > > > technologies. She's a crisp, clear communicator, and an experienced > > > > spokesperson. > > > > > > > > I want to thank the people who helped with the interviewing process: > > > Geoff > > > > Brigham, Jove Oliver, Gayle Karen Young, David Gerard, Erik Moeller, > > Lisa > > > > Gruwell, Frank Schulenburg, and Jimmy Wales. A special thanks to > Geoff, > > > > who's ably overseen our communications functions for the past several > > > > years, and to Jay, who's generously filled in when it took us longer > > than > > > > we expected to hire for this role. Geoff and Jay will be helping > > > Katherine > > > > get on-boarded, and I know she'll benefit enormously from their > > guidance > > > > and support. > > > > > > > > Please join me in welcoming Katherine, who's on CC. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Sue > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Sue Gardner > > > > Executive Director > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be > immediately > > > > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > > > > community. 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