Of course, happy to hear from you as always, Pine. On Jun 27, 2014 12:39 PM, "Pine W" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the update, Anasuya. > > As you have probably heard, I'm currently working on an article for the > Signpost about the education program, and I might have a few questions for > you off-list sometime in the next several days or next week. > > Pine > > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Anasuya Sengupta < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Dear friends and colleagues, > > > > Rod Dunican (currently the Director, Wikipedia Education Program at WMF) > > has announced that he is leaving the Foundation at the end of this month. > > We are truly sorry to see him go; he has been such a critical part of the > > Wikipedia Education Program and strategy for many years including his > > leadership of the team. We wish you the very best, Rod, and look forward > to > > hearing of your new adventures. > > > > I am looking forward to working even more closely with the current > > Education team: Anna Koval, Floor Koudijs and Tighe Flanagan. All three > of > > them have complementing skills and backgrounds, and have begun working > > closely and effectively with each other and with the rest of the > > Grantmaking team. With Rod, they have been working on an exciting shift > in > > strategy as they have moved from a more hands-on programmatic strategy to > > becoming a facilitative hub in which the team supports different kinds of > > local education programs. This has meant that the team has been working > > with educational program leaders, volunteers and community organisers in > > over 60 countries to map their education-related activities, successes > and > > challenges. The integration of the Wikipedia Education Program team into > > the GLEE team also means valuable opportunities for the different grants > > programs to work more closely to understand successful education programs > > and to support them through grants and other resources. In particular, > the > > Education team’s focus on gender and geographic diversity as a strategy > is > > very much shared across the broader Grantmaking department. > > > > As the team goes forward to develop a road map for the future with our > > community members, Floor Koudijs will be the interim Senior Manager for > the > > Education Program. Initially the team has been assigned different parts > of > > the world in order to create a baseline of educational programs and > > activities, with Floor responsible for Latin America and Western Europe, > > Tighe for the Arab region and Africa, and Anna for Asia and Eastern > Europe. > > Please look at the Education portal for more details.[1] > > > > Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me, or to Floor, Tighe and Anna, > for > > any comments or clarifications.[2] We look forward to working in > > partnership with our communities worldwide as we support education > programs > > in service to the Wikimedia mission. > > > > Warmly, > > > > Anasuya > > > > [1] http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program > > [2] Floor: [email protected] Tighe: [email protected] Anna: > > [email protected] > > > > -- > > > > > > *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia 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/> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > > community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
