Hi Barry, It was a surprise to note that you are leaving the foundation.
Thank you for all your contributions to the Wikimedia movement and specifically the interactions with the Chapter from its formative days, towards furthering the movement objectives in India. On behalf of the chapter team, I wish you the very best. Best wishes.and regards Arjuna Rao Chavala President, Wikimedia India On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Barry Newstead <bnewst...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > Cross-posting > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Barry Newstead <bnewst...@wikimedia.org> > Date: Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:41 AM > Subject: Leaving the Wikimedia Foundation > To: Announce Mailing List <wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Dear Wikimedia friends and colleagues, > > It is bittersweet for me to share with all of you that I will be leaving > the Wikimedia Foundation at the end of August to relocate to Australia for > personal reasons. > > It is difficult for me to leave Wikimedia and particularly leave the > Global Development team, which I’ve had the pleasure of building and > leading over the past two years. I am proud of what we have accomplished in > raising the priority of much of the globe within the Wikimedia movement, > strengthening our mobile strategy and education program, globalizing > communications, and tackling the difficult movement roles issues that I > hope can be put in the past. It hasn’t been easy or uncontroversial, but I > truly believe that we are heading in the right direction. > > One of the great joys of my work has been the opportunity to travel and > meet many amazing Wikipedians and to share the Wikimedia story with the > world. It is so inspiring to hear first hand how much people love our > projects and the amazing things that so many people do in support of the > movement. This is what helped me survive the many long flights and > jetlag-filled nights. It was an honour representing the Wikimedia > Foundation and often the Wikimedia movement in so many places. > > I am confident that the Global Development work will thrive with the team > in place and with all of the dedicated community members who see us as > partners. I look forward to becoming a volunteer member of the movement and > supporting the work in new ways. Sue will share plans for the transition > shortly. > > Many thanks to all who have supported me and our work. > > Kind regards, > Barry > > -- > Barry Newstead > Chief Global Development Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > Donate to Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> > > > > > -- > Barry Newstead > Chief Global Development Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > Donate to Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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