Thanks Anna, It was great meeting you during Wikimania. All the best for your next venture. And glad that you'll remain a Wikimedian afterwards. Once a Wikimedian, always a Wikimedian! :)
best, Subha On 2/10/2016 10:51 AM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) wrote: > Dear Anna! > Thank you! Will miss you! > > -Hasive > WMBD > > On Wednesday, 10 February 2016, Bohdan Melnychuk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Your presence was one of few really good things I could remember about >> WMF. I hope you indeed stay an active volunteer wiki(p|m)edian and we can >> collaborate again. It was a pleasure :) >> --Base >> >>> 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 >>> [email protected] <javascript:;> >>> education.wikimedia.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >>> New messages to: [email protected] <javascript:;> >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;> >> ?subject=unsubscribe> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> New messages to: [email protected] <javascript:;> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;> >> ?subject=unsubscribe> > > -- Best! Subhashish Panigrahi Programme Officer, Access To Knowledge Centre for Internet and Society @subhapa / https://cis-india.org
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