This is great = D I wonder if I'll still be able to call Sumana all the time in the irc to solve my doubts? I hope so, she is patient =D
2012/4/25 Petr Bena <[email protected]> > Hi all, > > Could we get some kind of information of what is this Engineering > Community Group? So far I know it's headed by Sumana, which is nice > but still I would like to know more :) > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Oren Bochman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Great news. > > > > Congratulations Sumana !! > > > > I think that this is greatly deserved -- I'd be glad that you will be > having > > an even greater impact bringing in more people into our ecosystem. > > > > Oren Bochman > > Lead of Search > > > > Operation Manager > > E-mail: [email protected] > > Mobil: +36 30 866 6706 > > > > > > > > Római Horizon Kft. > > H-1039 Budapest > > Királyok útja 291. D. ép. fszt. 2. > > Tel: +36 1 492 1492 > > Fax: +36 1 266 5529 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob > Lanphier > > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 5:30 AM > > To: Wikimedia developers > > Subject: [Wikitech-l] New Engineering Community Group, headed by Sumana > > Harihareswara > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm happy to announce that we have promoted Sumana Harihareswara as > manager > > of Engineering Community group. Sumana started with us as a contractor > back > > in February 2011, initially in a targeted engagement to help out with > Google > > Summer of Code and with the Berlin Hackathon last year. Later that > year, as > > we interviewed people to bring in as Volunteer Development Coordinator, > not > > only did Sumana put in a strong application herself, but recruited very > > worthy competition for the role. After winning the role, she worked > > tirelessly to straighten out many kinks in our processes around volunteer > > development and systematically ensured that new volunteer developers get > the > > recognition and (if needed) help they deserve. She has also applied > focus > > and organization in many areas outside of her immediate purview, for > > example, recently stepping in as project manager for Git, and > > occasionally filling in for me when I've been unavailable for the larger > > Platform Engineering organization. > > > > The promotion to Engineering Community Manager isn't so much a change in > the > > way things are done here so much as an official recognition of a vital > role > > that she has already played for the past year. Sumana has been working > with > > Guillaume Paumier and Mark Hershberger under the somewhat ad hoc group > title > > of "Technical Liaison; Developer Relations (tl;dr)", serving as lead of > that > > group since last year. Under the new "Engineering Community" name, this > > group will continue to serve many roles: facilitating collaboration and > > communication between Wikimedia Foundation and its employees and the > larger > > Wikimedia developer community, as well as facilitating collaboration and > > communication between the Wikimedia developer community and other > Wikimedia > > communities. > > > > Thank you, Sumana, for your hard work over the past year. I'm looking > > forward to seeing what you and the group accomplish moving forward. > > Congratulations! > > > > Rob > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
