Thanks Victoria! I really enjoyed our interaction, and thank you for what you did for the movement. I wish you all the best on your future path, and hope you are not becoming a stranger!
Best wishes, Denny On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:25 AM Amir Sarabadani <[email protected]> wrote: > One thing I want to point out is when she joined, we had only 16 engineers > in site reliability engineering [1] but now it's 26 [2]. Running the fifth > most visited website and the greatest thing you can find in the internet > with only 16 engineers is CRAZY. Such well-needed expansion shows its > effect on every day life of me as a developer. > > Kudos Victoria! Thank you for all of your work for the movement, even > though some of them might not be easily seen or understood by everyone. > > [1]: > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Staff_and_contractors&oldid=107326 > [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/staff-contractors/ > > Best > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 6:21 PM Nuria Ruiz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Many thanks for your work in these two years, Victoria. You leave the > > Technology team in much better shape than you found it. > > > > For those of you not in the know I think is worth mentioning that in her > > tenure here Victoria has created the Technical Engagement team to better > > attend technical contributors (already mentioned on this thread), hired a > > director of security that has, in turn, build a solid security team, > given > > weight to MediaWiki as a platform and created a team that will steward > > MediaWiki's development . She has also overseen much of the technical > work > > that has gone into our litigation against the NSA, has instituted a > process > > to better do promotions and has hired support staff that has made the > work > > of all of us in the department much (much!) easier. > > > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 12:02 PM Nuria Ruiz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Many thanks for your work in these two years, Victoria. You leave the > > > Technology team in much better shape than you found it. > > > > > > For those of you not in the know I think is worth mentioning that in > her > > > tenure here Victoria has created the Technical Engagement team to > better > > > attend technical contributors (already mentioned on this thread), > hired a > > > director of security that has, in turn, build a solid security team, > > given > > > weight to MediaWiki as a platform and created a team that will steward > > > MediaWiki's development . She has also overseen much of the technical > > work > > > that has gone into our litigation against the NSA, has instituted a > > process > > > to better do promotions and has hired support staff that has made the > > work > > > of all of us in the department much (much!) easier. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 10:17 AM Chico Venancio < > > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Victoria, > > >> > > >> I echo Isarra's comment here, it is the Wikimedia community loss to > see > > >> you > > >> part. > > >> In particular, I was able to see your leadership in the formation of > the > > >> Technical Engagement team, consolidating initiatives around volunteer > > >> developers and leveraging the work for the communities. > > >> > > >> Wish you the best on this new challenge. > > >> Chico Venancio > > >> > > >> > > >> Em seg, 14 de jan de 2019 às 15:06, Isarra Yos <[email protected]> > > >> escreveu: > > >> > > >> > Sad to see you go - from what I saw as a volunteer, things only > > improved > > >> > under your leadership here. We were lucky to have you. > > >> > > > >> > All the best. > > >> > > > >> > -I > > >> > > > >> > On 11/01/2019 00:29, Victoria Coleman wrote: > > >> > > Dear all, > > >> > > > > >> > > I have some difficult news to share. > > >> > > > > >> > > A few months ago and completely out of the blue, an opportunity > came > > >> up > > >> > for me to exercise the full spectrum of my skills as the CEO of an > > early > > >> > stage mission oriented startup. It has been a mighty struggle > between > > my > > >> > commitment to my team, the Foundation and the movement and this > > >> > opportunity to bring all my skills to bear and build something from > > the > > >> > ground up to do good in the world. I will not lie to you - it has > not > > >> been > > >> > easy. But ultimately I decided that I have to give it a go and I > > >> accepted > > >> > the offer. I plan on starting there on Feb 4th so my last day at the > > >> > Foundation will be Feb 1st. > > >> > > > > >> > > These past two years have been amongst the most enjoyable in my > > >> > professional career. I’ve enjoyed getting to know the movement and > > what > > >> > fuels it and I’ve been incredibly privileged to work with a Tech > team > > >> like > > >> > no other. We have together strengthened the technical infrastructure > > of > > >> the > > >> > movement and while much work remains to be done we have a much > > stronger > > >> > team in place to take the mission to the next level. And I have > > >> personally > > >> > made friendships that will last a lifetime. > > >> > > > > >> > > The organization I will be moving to is Atlas AI, a public benefit > > >> > corporation supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. I will be > leading > > >> an > > >> > exceptional team of AI and earth system science experts striving for > > >> > improvements in human well being through data driven insights. Our > > focus > > >> > areas are drawn from the UN’s sustainable development goals of no > > >> poverty > > >> > and zero hunger with emphasis on Sub Saharan Africa. > > >> > > > > >> > > I leave behind a Technology department that I am certain is well > on > > >> the > > >> > way to achieving our vision to create the infrastructure for the > free > > >> > knowledge movement. I am also pleased that during my tenure, we have > > >> built > > >> > leaders who are equipped to take on this challenge. > > >> > > > > >> > > Erika Bjune will be serving as interim CTO. Erika joined us a > little > > >> > over two years ago and she has distinguished herself as one of the > > >> finest > > >> > people leaders I have ever worked with. Both she and Katherine will > > >> have my > > >> > ongoing support — I will stay on in a consulting role to Erika on > > >> > organizational matters and for the mid term planning work we have > > ahead > > >> of > > >> > us in the remainder of the fiscal year. I know that I am leaving > the > > >> Tech > > >> > team in good hands until a permanent CTO is hired. > > >> > > > > >> > > I want to close this difficult message with my heartfelt thanks to > > all > > >> > of you for letting me be part of this incredible movement. Being a > > >> > Wikimedian is a great privilege. I wanted you to know that I’m not > > >> walking > > >> > away from something; I am walking towards something that is very > > >> > important to me and the world. I will miss you all. Deeply. Truly. > > And a > > >> > lot! > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > Victoria > > >> > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > >> > > 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 > > > > -- > Amir > _______________________________________________ > 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
