Dear Maggie, Your talent, commitment, creativity, unflagging energy and love of all things Wikimedia, combined with your incredible sense of justice (and sense of humor!) made you one of my north starts while working at WMF. I have seldom had the chance to work with someone I so like and admire.
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For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.* On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 5:53 PM Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Superb. Thank you Katherine, Maggie + all; and a warm welcome, Valerie! > :) > > MS: and ID: remain excellent areas for language outreach; we're privileged > to have a strong community network there. > > SJ > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 4:19 PM camelia boban <camelia.bo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Congratulations both and welcome Valerie. Wish you a wonderful work with > > the Wikimedians community. > > > > Camelia, > > on behalf of WikiDonne UG and AffCom > > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 8:32 PM Philippe Beaudette <phili...@beaudette.me > > wrote: > > > > > Sounds like an amazing fit for the Wmf. Congrats to you all, and > > Maggie... > > > Take a break now. Good job. > > > > > > Philippe > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 10:36 AM Maggie Dennis <mden...@wikimedia.org > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, all. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 1:32 PM Katherine Maher < > kma...@wikimedia.org> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > > > Just over a month ago, we let you know that we had the reached the > > > final > > > > > stages of our search for a new Chief of Community Engagement.[1] > > > Today, I > > > > > am thrilled to let you know that we have appointed Valerie D’Costa > to > > > the > > > > > role. > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > I just wanted to follow up myself on Katherine’s note to voice my > > > > enthusiastic and excited congratulations to Valerie on joining us and > > > also > > > > to congratulate *us* on being joined by Valerie. Being part of the > > search > > > > panel looking for our next Chief of Community Engagement was an > > > interesting > > > > and illuminating experience; so many people with so many new...and > > > > different...approaches. I was absolutely electrified when I completed > > my > > > > first interview with Valerie, whose considerate and experienced > > approach > > > to > > > > community resonated with me immediately and deeply. I cannot wait for > > the > > > > opportunity to work with her in her new role. To those of you who > > haven’t > > > > yet: you’ll see what I mean when you meet her. :) > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > Maggie > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Maggie Dennis > > > > Chief of Community Engagement (for just a little while longer!) > > > > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > 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 and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > 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 and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > 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> > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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>