Congrats, Marti :D On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Sydney Poore <[email protected]> wrote:
> Congratulations, Marti! > > Sydney > > Sydney Poore > User:FloNight > Wikipedian in Residence > at Cochrane Collaboration > > On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Siko Bouterse <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > Following up on the announcement about a new structure in the Community > > Engagement team,[1] I'm happy to say we've now got a new program officer > to > > support WMF's Individual Engagement Grants program. Please see below for > > more details. This month, Marti Johnson will be taking over for both the > > IEG and TPS programs.[2] Grantees and committee members will be > introduced > > to Marti soon, as her onboarding to both programs begins :) Meanwhile, I > > trust you will help make her feel welcome. > > Warmly, > > Siko > > > > [1] > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-February/076864.html > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mjohnson_(WMF) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Siko Bouterse <[email protected]> > > Date: Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:08 PM > > Subject: Announcing Marti Johnson as Program Officer for Individual > Grants > > To: Staff All <[email protected]> > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm excited to announce that we've got a new Program Officer for > Individual > > Grants. Please join me in congratulating Marti Johnson as she transitions > > to this role! > > > > Marti joined WMF as Project Coordinator in the Grantmaking and Programs > > (later turned Community Engagement) department in September 2014. She > > quickly demonstrated that she’s a strategic thinker who brings deep > respect > > for communities, a facility for organizing systems that foster creativity > > and collaboration, and the warmth and generosity needed to support > > individuals to do their best work. > > > > In her new role, Marti will be responsible for the Individual Engagement > > Grants and Travel and Participation Support programs. She reports > directly > > to me. > > > > I’m delighted to have Marti move into the Community Resources team to put > > her talents to work, particularly for supporting our Individual > Engagement > > Grantees and taking IEG to the next level over the coming year. Among > other > > things, Marti will be working on creating more robust mentorship systems > > and a broader network to support grantees, while continuing to offer > direct > > support herself to the IEG grantees, proposers, and committee. > > > > We’ve begun a transition period in which Marti is working to hand-off her > > role in supporting Luis and the Community Engagement team while beginning > > to assume her new responsibilities in Community Resources. Marti has > > already taken on responsibility for Travel and Participation Support, > this > > week she will be onboarding our new crop of Inspire grantees in IEG, and > > over the course of May I’ll be handing all day-to-day operations for IEG > to > > her as well. More information will be coming from Lynette later this > month > > about the backfill for Marti’s former Project Coordinator position. Many > > thanks to Lynette for bringing Marti to WMF and supporting her move to > this > > new role :) > > > > Here’s a bit more about Marti, for those of you who haven’t yet had a > > chance to get to know her: > > > > Inspired by a senior paper on agrarian community in American literature, > > Marti took her first job after college coordinating Community Supported > > Agriculture on an urban organic farm. A year of service as an > AmeriCorps > > volunteer led to a decade managing collaboratively driven resource > > conservation projects on California farmlands. She gained extensive > > experience with grants management, including proposal and report writing, > > grantmaking, contract oversight and coordination of budgets ranging from > > hundreds to millions of dollars. Marti specialized in facilitating > > community-based processes and played a lead role in coordinating a > > private-public alliance which was awarded California’s highest honor for > > environmental and economic leadership. She gained a reputation for > > building meaningful collaboration--and among other tools, she relied > > heavily on wikis she built with MediaWiki software to do it. After > moving > > to San Francisco, Marti was very excited to join WMF and offer skills in > > community coordination, collaborative strategy-building and grants > > management in the context of Wikimedia projects. In her free time, Marti > > likes to backpack, write and take long walks in Golden Gate Park. She > has > > recently been working toward a goal to read through the complete works of > > Shakespeare (about 75% complete!) and welcomes read-aloud collaborators. > > > > Congratulations and welcome to Community Resources, Marti! > > > > Warm regards, > > Siko > > > > -- > > Siko Bouterse > > Director of Community Resources > > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > > > [email protected] > > > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the > > sum of all knowledge. * > > *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, > > and help us make it a reality!* > > > > > > > > -- > > Siko Bouterse > > Director of Community Resources > > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > > > [email protected] > > > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the > > sum of all knowledge. * > > *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, > > and help us make it a reality!* > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> > -- Arthur Richards Team Practices Manager [[User:Awjrichards]] IRC: awjr +1-415-839-6885 x6687 _______________________________________________ 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>
