Thank you Richard for the huge amount you've done for Wikimedia UK and the movement. Congratulations on the new role, I'm sure you'll do a great job! Best wishes to you and Fiona, and I hope to see you around on- and off-line.
Peter / the wub On 4 August 2016 at 22:47, Harry Mitchell <hjmw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Richard, > > As someone who's been around since those "absurdly hopeful" days, before > WMUK had an office or full-time staff, I think it's fair to say that WMUK > would not be what it is today without you. You've essentially given several > years of your life to it, and I'm sure you'll be much missed by your > colleagues. Hopefully you won't be too far away in your volunteer capacity, > and of course you know how to get hold of me if you want to. > > In the meantime ... be careful out there. > > Harry Mitchell > http://enwp.org/User:HJ > +44 (0) 7507 536 971 > Skype: harry_j_mitchell > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Richard Symonds < > richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > >> Hello everyone! >> >> I've worked for Wikimedia UK since just before we hired our first Chief >> Executive, but it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat. At the end of >> August, I'll be leaving Wikimedia UK for a new role - still in London, but >> doing something rather different, and with a fair bit more responsibility. >> Those of you who are my friends will know what this new job entails - I'd >> ask you to keep it to yourselves. To those of you who don't, you're free to >> ask me on Facebook! >> >> I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wikimedia UK under both Jon and >> Lucy. It's really something to see how the charity has changed over the >> years - from a small, absurdly hopeful organisation with limitless >> opportunities, to a larger, but more stable and more focused charity with a >> solid track record of events and partnerships, and with what I firmly >> believe to now be (post-governance-review) the best governance in the >> movement. >> >> I have full confidence in the team of staff and volunteers here to keep >> things moving forward, even if Richard Nevell does get overly focused on >> castles from time to time. I'll be staying on as a volunteer, of course, >> and I will probably focus my initial efforts on sending Richard Nevell >> pictures of castles while he's working, which I'm pretty sure counts >> towards our metrics. >> >> On a more productive note, highlights of my time here include: >> >> - Learning to cycle in London (pictures not on Commons, although >> there might be a video) >> - Our "Finance and Fundraising communal pickled onion jar", >> relabelled "pickled fox" after went on the NHM Spirits Tour (pictures not >> on Commons, except perhaps in the background) >> - The "Wikimedia UK does WLM" tour of an unlit Grade II listed >> Victorian Public Convenience (pictures on Commons) >> - Driving Katherine Bavage to despair by uploading pictures of her to >> Commons, and only then explaining what Commons is (I await the inevitable >> deletion request from someone who takes this too seriously) >> - Participating in the Chutney Making from Waste Fruit and Vegetables >> World Record Attempt, a World record attempt for amount of people making >> chutney simultaneously (pictures not taken, too busy eating chutney) >> - Wikimania 2014, which only those who served can *truly* understand >> (pictures >> on Commons, I imagine, although I tried to avoid them) >> >> I wish everyone at Wikimedia UK - volunteers and staff - all the best, >> especially Daria, who now holds the crown for "longest serving staff >> member". Working at Wikimedia UK has been an enlightening experience, but >> also a privilege, and something which I will never forget. >> >> {{Template:Witty sign-off}}, >> >> Richard Symonds >> Wikimedia UK >> 0207 065 0992 >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered >> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. >> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia >> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who >> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). >> >> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control >> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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