Greetings from India! We are so happy and excited to have you, Lila. As Sue will continue being with us as a key community player, the gender gap community is going to expect a lot from you.
Congratulations! See you soon in Wikimania. :) Best! Subha > On 02-May-2014, at 7:11 am, Tonmoy Khan <tonmoy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Welcome Lila and best wishes. > > Ali Haidar Khan > Wikimedia Bangladesh >> On May 2, 2014 6:59 AM, "Paolo B." <tito...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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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