Congratulations and Welcome on board to Ryan! Regards, Bobby Shabangu
On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 01:28, Eileen Hershenov <ehershe...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Wait - how many people did Doug Stamper murder? > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 5:54 PM effe iets anders <effeietsand...@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > > Congrats Ryan! > > > > The main question here at Wikimania is really... Will you be more like > Leo > > McGarry or like Doug Stamper as far as it comes to problem solving? :) > > > > Lodewijk > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 07:33 Rajeeb Dutta <marajoz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Congrats Ryan & all my best wishes, thanks Katherine for the update. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > Rajeeb. > > > (U: Marajozkee) > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > On 13-Aug-2019, at 10:15 PM, Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > I’m excited to let you all know that Ryan Merkley, formerly CEO of > > > Creative Commons, is joining the Wikimedia Foundation as my new chief > of > > > staff. > > > > > > > > Many of you have met Ryan before -- at CC Summit, Wikimania, > Wikimedia > > > Summit, or MozFest. He’s a leader in open source, open knowledge, and > > > free-culture communities, and for the past five years, he’s been the > CEO > > of > > > Creative Commons, initiating programs like CC search to index all 1.6 > > > billion licensed works online. He’s passionate about the power of the > > > commons, and the role that everyone can play in making it sustainable > and > > > open to all. I couldn’t be happier he’s now bringing this passion and > > > experience to our movement. > > > > > > > > In Ryan’s own words, “My heart has always been in open communities, > and > > > the power of collective acts -- that is, the things that people can > only > > > do when they work together, like building a commons of free knowledge > for > > > every person.” > > > > > > > > For now, Ryan’s two top priorities will be bolstering the work of the > > > movement strategy team and supporting the Board. He’ll support the > > strategy > > > core team to move the Working Group recommendations into implementation > > > within the community and Foundation over the course of the coming year. > > > He’ll also serve as Board liaison to the Board of Trustees, > strengthening > > > the connections, communications, and coordination between Trustees and > > the > > > Foundation. Internally, he’ll support the office of the Executive > > Director, > > > acting in my stead on various projects. > > > > > > > > I’m excited by this new role for an old friend of the open community. > > > Ryan knows our movement well. He has spent many hours with many > > > Wikimedians, and understands the centrality of the community to the > > > Wikimedia mission and identity. His background as a partner to > Wikimedia, > > > and a leader in the broader open movement will be invaluable to our > work, > > > and confirmation of the importance of community experience in > Foundation > > > leadership. > > > > > > > > Ryan doesn’t start in his new role until Monday, September 16th. > > > However, he will be at Wikimania, so for those of you attending, please > > say > > > hi, and join me in welcoming him to Wikimedia! > > > > > > > > Katherine > > > > > > > > P.S. This announcement can also be found on our news page: > > > > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/08/13/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-ryan-merkley-as-chief-of-staff-to-the-office-of-the-executive-director > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Katherine Maher (she/her) > > > > Executive Director > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be > immediately > > > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > > > community. 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