Thank you, Erik, for the time and effort you've spent on the Wikimedia projects (and will continue spending, I hope, in some capacity).
Best of luck in your future endeavours. //Johan Jönsson -- 2015-04-13 20:12 GMT+02:00 Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org>: > Hi all -- > > As Lila noted, since January 2008 I've worn many hats at the Wikimedia > Foundation, and in the six years before that I was a Wikipedian, > MediaWiki developer, and member of the WMF board of trustees. I became > involved in Wikipedia when I was 22 years old. :) The Wikimedia > movement has accomplished amazing things, but I believe it's time now > for me to do something different and new. > > It's been a long and incredible journey, and one I am privileged to > have helped to shape. When I joined the Foundation in December 2007 we > were a staff of a dozen people, with barely enough funds to keep the > lights on. Since then, we've tackled challenges of a complexity and > scale faced by few other organisations. In doing so, we’ve been > generously supported by people all over the world who are grateful for > the gift of free knowledge. > > I’m proud of and happy with what we've achieved. Reaching people on > mobile. Pioneering new approaches working with universities. > Painstakingly building a visual editing experience on top of wikitext. > :) I’m glad we’ve taken a stand when it matters (SOPA blackout, NSA > lawsuit) and that we don’t shy away from complex issues such as > community health and diversity. > > I’m excited that Wikidata is growing in leaps and bounds with the help > of Wikimedia Germany, and that more and more powerful tools and > services are being built on the basis of Wikimedia APIs and data. I’ve > always believed that Wikimedia chapter and affiliate organizations are > key to the success of the movement, and I hope they are going to truly > thrive in years to come. > > But it's time. As the leadership team begins to coalesce under Lila, I > want to open up space for the organization to learn and explore anew > -- and I’d like to rediscover for myself what it means to tackle > challenges outside of my areas of comfort and familiarity. > > I’m very interested in the technical challenges of federated > collaboration, and am looking forward to getting my hands dirty in > that domain. I also want to explore how to make patterns of ethics, > policy, and self-governance more accessible and re-usable for > communities. In short, I’m itching to immerse myself in new problem > spaces and new ideas. > > Lila, Damon, Terry, myself and others in the org have been discussing > how to organize product going forward to set the org up for success in > the years to come, and we’ll have an update on that very soon. This is > a very natural point for me to pursue something new. > > What Wikimedia does in the world is wonderful & important. I’m sure I > will continue to cross paths with many of you in future as I continue > to move in free culture circles, and I very much look forward to it. > > I’ll continue to be @ WMF full-time through April, and will make > myself available as necessary afterwards, for when the org needs human > institutional memory that surpasses digital archives. I wish you all > success and joy :-) > > Love, > > Erik > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Product & Strategy, Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>