Congratulations to both :) Best
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 6:06 AM, Brian Wolff <bawo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 17, 2014 5:00 PM, "Rob Lanphier" <ro...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'd like to announce some changes in the Engineering Community > > Team[1]. The headlines: > > * Quim Gil is taking over as the new Engineering Community Manager, > > effective immediately > > * Sumana Harihareswara is stepping into a new role as Senior Technical > > Writer, also effective immediately > > > > The details: > > The Engineering Community Team (ECT) is made up of Andre Klapper, > > Guillaume Paumier, Quim Gil, and Sumana Harihareswara. We started ECT > > with Sumana leading the group back in 2012. The ECT team has > > flourished under Sumana's leadership. Our internship programs have > > scaled up pretty dramatically, all of the while increasing in quality > > of output and diversity of students. We've also gotten steadily > > better in engineering communications, with weekly engineering updates > > (translated even!) and great two way communication around software > > bugs and other site issues. She would be the first to point out that > > a lot of this was driven by members of the team, but she set up the > > conditions for many of the team's achievements (e.g. getting us > > involved in Outreach Program for Women, tirelessly recruiting and > > nurturing new volunteers, and working with the team to hammer out > > requirements for the new things they've rolled out). > > > > Sumana led the team until taking a three month sabbatical to attend > > Hacker School in New York starting in October of last year. In the > > interim, Quim Gil stepped in to lead ECT. After coming back from > > sabbatical, Sumana has decided that she would like to take on a role > > with more of a technical emphasis to utilize her newly honed skills. > > As it turned out, we also independently identified the need to hire a > > technical writer (even going so far as advertising an RFP while Sumana > > was out, though we weren't able to fill the role). Sumana's increased > > focus on technical work combined with her background as a professional > > writer made this a pretty obvious fit for the role. Her current > > project is organizing RFC review[2] and documenting the process, using > > the process for reviewing MediaWiki architectural changes as a means > > for documenting our architecture. > > > > Thankfully, Sumana hired a ready-made successor with Quim Gil, who was > > until now our Technical Contributor Coordinator. In the past couple > > of years, he overseen a big increase in the number of interns that get > > involved in our projects via Google Summer of Code and Outreach > > Program for Women. Quim has deep experience in engineering community > > management, and kept things working really well during Sumana's > > absence. > > > > With Sumana moving into a different role that then one vacated by > > Quim, Quim will hold onto many of his previous technical contributor > > coordination responsibilities. So, for things you used to contact > > Quim about, please still contact Quim. > > > > Congratulations Quim and Sumana on your new roles! > > > > Rob > > > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Engineering_Community_Team > > [2] RFC review: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > Congratulations to both of you. > > -bawolff > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- Amir _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
