Anna! I have lots of great memories of hanging out with you! Your enthusiasm and compassion will be greatly missed.
<3 <3 <3 -Sage On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Roxana Sordo <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Anna, > > I can´t thank you enough for your guidance and support. We are going to miss > you so much! > I don´t know about the reasons why you are leaving, but I know of your hard > work, kindness and compromise. > > All the best, > Roxana > > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Anna Koval <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear friends, >> >> During the past three years, I have been privileged to be a part of this >> movement and this organization. >> >> I have been honored to be your colleague and to work with you in service >> of the sum of all knowledge. >> >> The Wikipedia Education Program [1] is especially near and dear to my >> heart. It is a means of educating readers, recruiting contributors, and >> creating quality content. Since 2014, the number of education initiatives >> around the world has increased by 36%. [2] [3] And 25% of all education >> programs now are in one of the regions that I directly supported. [4] I am >> so proud of what they have accomplished. And I am enthusiastic about what >> great things they have yet to achieve. >> >> I want to thank and compliment my current manager, Floor Koudijs. She is a >> competent, considerate, conscientious leader, and her diplomacy skills are >> unsurpassed. I am confident that the education team and the education >> program will continue to excel under her leadership. They are in the best >> hands. >> >> I want to thank my teammates, past and present, from whom I have learned >> so much: Floor Koudijs. Tighe Flanagan, Samir Elsharbaty, Kacie Harold, >> Rodney Dunican, Sage Ross, Jami Mathewson, and LiAnna Davis. >> >> I want to thank the Wikipedia Education Collaborative [5] for sharing >> their experience and expertise with the greater global education community. >> I may ask to mentor me when I pilot a Wikipedia assignment in my own >> classroom! >> >> And I want to thank the education program leaders, past and present, with >> whom I had the privilege of working closely, especially those whom I had the >> privilege of visiting. To be able to support their great work was an honor >> and a lot of fun. >> >> Wikipedia is a miracle, a monument to altruism. It is vital to the >> internet ecosystem, and it is vital to the education system. I hope that >> more young people especially will find their way to it and help out. And >> when they do, I hope that they are met with wise mentorship from veteran >> community members, just as I was. >> >> I intend to remain a Wikipedian even after I am no longer a WMF staff >> member. And, with that promise, I’ll see you on the wikis. [6] >> >> All the best, >> Anna Koval, M.Ed. >> >> [1] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education >> [2] >> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education/Countries&oldid=70367 >> [3] https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Countries >> [4] >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ACEE_2015_State_of_the_CEE_Movement_Presentation.pdf&page=28 >> [5] >> https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collaborative >> [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msannakoval >> >> -- >> >> Anna Koval, M.Ed. >> Manager, Wikipedia Education Program >> Wikimedia Foundation >> +1.415.839.6885 x 6729 >> Skype: annakoval.wiki >> [email protected] >> education.wikimedia.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> education-collab mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab >> > > > _______________________________________________ > education-collab mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab > _______________________________________________ education-collab mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab
