Hi all, Most of you are aware that I'm leading the Foundation's annual fundraiser this year, in addition to my work as Head of Reader Relations. It became increasingly obvious to Zack and me that my attention was being split, which was no good for either tasking.
The result of that is that we're beefing up our capacity in reader relations, especially with Cary rotating off the job in December. I'm pleased to announce that Christine Moellenberndt has joined the Wikimedia Foundation as a Community Associate, reporting to me, on a temporary appointment through Feb 28. Christine has been a Wikimedia reader for some time, which positions her nicely as someone who can speak for the needs of our readers. Her area of expertise is online communities, which made for a perfect triangulation. She's writing her masters thesis right now, focusing on LiveJournal. She's done a tremendous amount of research over the last week or so, and is hitting the ground running, beginning with internal protocols, and building out scalable support systems. You should consider Christine your first point of contact: I've found that she's one of the few people I've ever met more likely to be online than I am. With that in mind, please do your best to not abuse her, huh? She can be reached on IRC (ChristineM) or by email (cmoellenber...@wikimedia.org or read...@wikimedia.org). Most telephone calls to me will be redirected to her, as well. If there's something urgent that you need me to see, feel free to continue to send it directly to me. Christine will bring questions to me, early on, but I've found her to be a quick study and think she'll be fully functional almost immediately. Best wishes, Philippe ____________________ Philippe Beaudette Head of Reader Relations Wikimedia Foundation phili...@wikimedia.org ofc: +1 415 839 6885 (x 6643) mobile: 918 200 WIKI (9454) Imagine a world in which every human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
