Anna, I'll never forget you walking up to me at a journalism conference and asking for a job.
Then I'll never forget harassing you into taking it, when you had a better offer somewhere else. I'm glad you did; your expertise added much to the WMF, and I know you will be greatly missed. However, I know that teaching was near and dear to your heart... as you know, I told you once to follow your bliss, even if it meant leaving the CA team, and I say the same to you now. The Wikimedia movement will be greater for having you around generally. Best, pb On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Steinsplitter Wiki < steinsplitter-w...@live.com> wrote: > Anna, I will miss you! Thanks for all your excellent work. I always > appreciated it. It was a pleasure to work edit you together at outreachwiki. > > I hope you will edit as volunteer :-) > > --Steinsplitter > > > From: ako...@wikimedia.org > > Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 09:49:18 -0800 > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Farewell <3 > > > > Dear friends, > > > > During the past three years, I have been privileged to be a part of this > > movement and this organization. > > > > I have been honored to be your colleague and to work with you in service > of > > the sum of all knowledge. > > > > In particular, I wish to note particular projects that have inspired me > > very much. > > > > - Working with Philippe Beautdette, Maggie Dennis, James Alexander, > and > > Jan Eisfeldt to keep our community safe from threats of harm. [1] > > - Working with Patrick Earley, Nick Wilson, Erica Litrenta, Sherry > > Snyder, Oliver Keyes, and James Forester on the rollout of > VisualEditor. [2] > > - Working with Yana Welinder and Heather Walls to design a > user-friendly > > trademark policy. [3] [4] > > - Working with Siko Bouterse to support Individual Engagement Grants > and > > movement diversity. [5] [6] > > - Working with Jake Orlowitz to promote the Wikipedia Library and the > > Wikipedia Adventure. [7] [8] > > - Working with Jaime Anstee, Edward Galvez, Amanda Bittaker to > encourage > > evaluation and learning. [9] > > - Working with Asaf Bartov to encourage regional cooperation in > Central > > and Eastern Europe. [10] > > - Working with Floor Koudijs. Tighe Flanagan, Kacie Harold, Samir > > Elsharbaty, Rodney Dunican, Sage Ross, Jami Mathewson, and LiAnna > Davis on > > the Wikipedia Education Program. [11] > > > > The Wikipedia Education Program is especially near and dear to my heart. > It > > is a means of educating readers, recruiting contributors, and creating > > quality content. Since 2014, the number of education initiatives around > the > > world has increased by 36%. [12] [13] And 25% of all education programs > are > > in one of the regions that I directly supported. [14] I am so proud of > what > > they have accomplished. And I am enthusiastic about what great things > they > > have yet to achieve. > > > > I want to thank and compliment my current manager, Floor Koudijs. She is > a > > competent, considerate, conscientious leader, and her diplomacy skills > are > > unsurpassed. I am confident that the education team and the education > > program will continue to excel under her leadership. They are in the best > > hands. > > > > I want to thank and compliment my hiring manager, Maggie Dennis. She had > > faith that, although I wasn’t an active community member, I could be > taught > > to be a good community advocate. I am so proud that I proved her right. > She > > taught me how to work in accordance with and to have the utmost respect > for > > the wiki way. [15] > > > > Wikipedia is a miracle, a monument to altruism. It is vital to the > internet > > ecosystem, and it is vital to the education system. I hope that more > young > > people especially will find their way to it and help out. And when they > do, > > I hope that they are met with wise mentorship from veteran community > > members, just as I was. > > > > I intend to remain a Wikipedian even after I am no longer a WMF staff > > member. And, with that promise, I’ll see you on the wikis. [16] > > > > All the best, > > Anna Koval, M.Ed. > > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Threats_of_harm > > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor > > [3] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Trademark_policy > > [4] > > > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/10/29/designing-a-user-friendly-trademark-policy/ > > [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG > > [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference > > [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library > > [8] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Adventure > > [9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation > > [10] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Central_and_Eastern_Europe > > [11] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education > > [12] > > > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education/Countries&oldid=70367 > > [13] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Countries > > [14] > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ACEE_2015_State_of_the_CEE_Movement_Presentation.pdf&page=28 > > [15] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_wiki_way > > [16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msannakoval > > > > -- > > > > Anna Koval, M.Ed. > > Manager, Wikipedia Education Program > > Wikimedia Foundation > > +1.415.839.6885 x 6729 > > Skype: annakoval.wiki > > ako...@wikimedia.org > > education.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: 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 > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Philippe Beaudette phili...@beaudette.me 415-275-1424 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
