Good work, Sumana! So glad you joined WMF. You bring so much energy and joy to the work that you do. Recognition well deserved.
Danese On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations to Sumana :-). May she bring many more women to > (wiki-)tech. > > Erik > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sarah Stierch <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 6:06 AM > Subject: [Gendergap] Congratulations to WMF's Sumana Harihareswara! > To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects > <[email protected]> > Cc: Sumana Harihareswara <[email protected]> > > > Hi everyone, > > I want to congratulate Sumana Harihareswara, Volunteer Development > Coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation, on being chosen as > Femmeonomics "50 Women to Watch in Tech." She's listed alongside some > really amazing women - including Valerie Aurora who is a friend of > this mailing list and co-founder of the Ada Initiative.[1] > > She's quite a voice within the community - encouraging developers and > programmers to get involved in Wikimedia and participating in > conferences like Open Source Bridge. On a personal note, Sumana has > been a beam of encouragement for me, and has helped me gain confidence > in regards to my "open source skills" and helping me learn more about > feminist and women's roles and organizations in the open source > community. She's also great to share a bottle of wine with. > > Congratulations Sumana! We'll be watching (pressures on!).... > > -Sarah > > [1] Currently only the first ten are listed, but the rest are on the > way! > http://femme-o-nomics.com/2011/10/the-50-women-to-watch-in-tech-the-first-10/ > > -- > > Sarah Stierch Consulting > Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising. > ------------------------------------------------------ > http://www.sarahstierch.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
