Congratulations Christian! Having an advocate for the Wikimedia movement in such a position is definitely a good thing. :-)
And, congratulations Abraham! I look forward to working with you in your new role. Dan On 8 December 2016 at 16:47, Christian Rickerts < christian.ricke...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > As Tim has already written, with effect from today I have stepped down from > the position as Executive Director and handed over the business to Abraham. > Tomorrow I will take the oath in my new position. > > I am looking back today at an incredible exciting, busy and funny time and > I am proud to see what we were able to achieve together. I also want to > thank you for all the warm and cheering messages I received after Tims > announcement. > > WMDE is in very good hands with Abraham, with a great team and solid > structures and processes in place. Therefore I am leaving with a tear in > one eye and a smile in the other. > > Congratulation Abraham (!) and good bye, > > Christian > > Am 08.12.2016 15:52 schrieb "Tim Moritz Hector" < > tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de>: > > Dear Wikimedians, > > Earlier this week I informed you that Christian Rickerts might become the > Undersecretary of State for the new Berlin ministry of economy, energy and > enterprises. This has been confirmed today and Christian has stepped down > from his WMDE role. > > I am very pleased to announce that the WMDE Supervisory Board appointed > Abraham Taherivand as Interim Executive Director as of 8 December 2016. > > Abraham has joined WMDE in March 2012 and is the Head of our Software > Development department. He has been on the transition team during the last > ED search, has headed our works council and has been appointed deputy of > the Executive Director recently. In his multiple roles, Abraham’s decisions > have always been made in the sense of the Wikimedia Deutschland as a whole. > With immediate effect, he has the full rights and duties of the Executive > Director and will also continue to lead the Software Development > Department. > > This solution allows us as a board to approach the next steps with the > necessary calmness and deliberate thought. On 28-29 January 2017, we will > meet for our regular board retreat and discuss all questions regarding the > permanent filling of the ED position. > > Christian, once again a big thank you for your work with us. > Congratulations and a good start in politics. I would like to thank you, > Abraham, for your agreement to take on this crucial task and look forward > to the further, close cooperation with you! > > I will keep you posted on future updates in the transition process. > > For the Supervisory Board > Tim Moritz Hector > Chair > > -- > Tim Moritz Hector > Chair of the Board > Wikimedia Deutschland > _______________________________________________ > 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> > -- Dan Garry Lead Product Manager, Discovery Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ 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>
