On behalf of Wikimedia Philippines, congratulations, Lila! We wish you all the best and we look forward to working with you. Mabuhay at maligayang pagdating!
Paolo Barazon Chairman of the Board of Trustees Wikimedia Philippines On 5/2/14, Markus Glaser <markus.gla...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Congratulations and a very warm welcome, Lila! Hope you will find it > easy to be at home in the Wikimedia world. Thanks to everyone involved > in the process. The task is not completely done, yet. Let us work > togehter, with Lila, to make her start as smooth as possible! > > Best, > Markus > > Am 01.05.2014 21:59, schrieb Tim Moritz Hector: >> A warm welcome from Germany and all the best for your new role at the >> Foundation, Lila! >> Looking forward to meeting you in real life, probably in London. >> >> Big thanks to the transition team for the hard work you've done in the >> past year. >> >> Best, >> Tim >> >> Am 01.05.2014 21:51, schrieb Chris Keating: >>> Congratulations, Lila! >>> On 1 May 2014 20:49, "Frans Grijzenhout" <fr...@wikimedia.nl> wrote: >>> >>>> Welcome Lila, hope to meet you in person in London. And thanks to >>>> Jan-Bart >>>> & the other members of the transition team. I will forward this >>>> great news >>>> to the Dutch board & community. >>>> Frans Grijzenhout >>>> >>>> >>>> 2014-05-01 20:15 GMT+02:00 Jan-Bart de Vreede >>>> <jdevre...@wikimedia.org>: >>>> >>>>> Dear fellow community members, >>>>> >>>>> On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees I am >>>>> delighted to >>>>> announce that the new Executive Director of the Wikimedia >>>>> Foundation will >>>>> be Lila Tretikov. Lila is a widely respected Bay Area technology >>>>> leader, >>>>> most recently with SugarCRM. >>>>> >>>>> As many of you know, about a year ago Sue Gardner announced she >>>>> planned >>>> to >>>>> step down as our ED. As we launched the search for her successor, we >>>> spent >>>>> some time working through the most critical requirements for the >>>>> role. We >>>>> decided the new ED should be someone with a product/engineering >>>> background, >>>>> ideally in an open-source or other online community context. We wanted >>>>> someone experienced with organisations that were growing, who'd >>>>> managed >>>>> staff and budgets comparable to ours, and who had experience creating >>>>> continuous delivery of technology improvements in an agile context. We >>>>> wanted a person who is oriented towards collaboration, transparency >>>>> and >>>>> openness, with some experience with complex stakeholder >>>>> environments, and >>>>> with an international orientation. We knew we needed someone with >>>>> courage >>>>> and strong personal integrity, who wouldn't be intimidated by >>>>> attempts to >>>>> censor the projects. >>>>> >>>>> Lila is precisely what we set out to find. >>>>> >>>>> Lila was born in the Soviet Union and moved to the United States >>>>> alone, >>>> as >>>>> a teenager. She's been working for technology companies, primarily in >>>> open >>>>> source, in the Bay Area for the past 15 years. In 1999 she started her >>>>> career at Sun Microsystems. Shortly afterwards she founded >>>>> GrokDigital, a >>>>> technology and design company. She spent three years as senior >>>>> director >>>> of >>>>> development at Telespree, a company that provides cloud-based wireless >>>> data >>>>> services for mobile carriers. For the past eight years, she was at >>>>> SugarCRM, where she held positions of increasing responsibility as the >>>>> organization grew, including being in charge of internal IT, >>>>> marketing, >>>>> customer support and professional services, engineering, and product >>>>> development. She has a stellar reputation as a leader who is highly >>>>> skilled, collaborative, open, passionate and curious. >>>>> >>>>> We think Lila will be a terrific fit for the ED role. The >>>>> Transition Team >>>>> (Phoebe, Alice, Kat, Sue, Erik, Geoff, Gayle and I) voted >>>>> unanimously to >>>>> recommend her to the Board, and the Board voted unanimously to >>>>> accept the >>>>> recommendation. She strikes all of us as smart, brave and >>>>> unpretentious, >>>>> and we believe she has the skills the WMF needs. >>>>> >>>>> Lila is going to spend the next few weeks in learning-and-listening >>>>> mode, >>>>> and will take over the ED position from Sue at the end of the >>>>> month. Her >>>>> first priority will be to immerse herself in deepening her >>>>> understanding >>>> of >>>>> the Wikimedia projects. >>>>> >>>>> I want to close this announcement by saying a heartfelt and deeply >>>>> appreciative thanks to Sue, who has been the Executive Director of the >>>>> Wikimedia Foundation for the past seven years. When the Board and I >>>>> hired >>>>> Sue in 2007, we were just a chaotic little non-profit in small-town >>>>> Florida, with a tiny staff and not much money. Over the past seven >>>>> years, >>>>> Sue's leadership has built the Foundation into an effective, >>>>> well-funded >>>>> and well-managed organisation, with integrity and a clear sense of >>>> purpose, >>>>> and her steady and committed presence throughout the search process >>>>> was >>>>> integral in helping us come to this excellent result. We will be >>>>> forever >>>>> grateful for her leadership and vision, and I hope we can continue to >>>> rely >>>>> on her support in the months and years ahead. >>>>> >>>>> In June Sue will move into a new role as a special advisor to me and >>>> Lila. >>>>> She'll also take a well-earned holiday, and maybe even a bit of a >>>>> wiki-break, before beginning to think about what she's going to do >>>>> next. >>>>> Many of us will get a chance to see her in London, at Wikimania, in >>>> August. >>>>> The Wikimedia Foundation is delighted to have reached such a >>>>> successful >>>>> outcome to the search. My thanks to Lisa Grossman of m/Oppenheim for >>>>> helping us with it, and I ask you to please join me in extending a >>>>> warm >>>>> welcome to Lila Tretikov, our new ED. >>>>> >>>>> Jan-Bart de Vreede >>>>> Chair >>>>> Wikimedia Board of Trustees >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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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