Take care, Osmar, and all the best to you! Michael
-- Michael Jahn Leiter Kommunikation Head of Communications Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 260 http://wikimedia.de <http://www.wikimedia.de/> Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch freien Zugang zu der Gesamtheit des Wissens der Menschheit hat. Helfen Sie uns dabei! Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. 2014-01-28 <[email protected]> > Osmar, > > Sorry to see you leaving the position. And I'm glad to you are assisting > with the transition and plan to stay involved. > > Best of luck with your future ventures. > > Sydney Poore > User:FloNight > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 28, 2014, at 11:59, Osmar Valdebenito <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Dear members of the Wikimedia Movement: > > > > In the past weeks, I've taken the decision to resign to my position of > > Executive Director of Wikimedia Argentina. This decision was presented to > > the Board of the chapter past Saturday and it was accepted. > > > > For personal and professional reasons, I've decided to return to my > > country, Chile, in the following weeks and start a new stage of my life. > > Two years ago, I was presented with the opportunity of living in > Argentina > > and working for one of my passions. This was a big challenge for me: I > had > > to leave my country and my family and work in a foreign country. These > last > > 18 months have been a unique experience and I've learnt a lot, becoming a > > better professional and a more mature person. However, at the same time I > > feel that I need to move on and continue with new projects and > challenges. > > > > Certainly, this has not been an easy decision for me, because I'm very > fond > > of this work, the people that have participated in our activities and the > > projects we worked on and we are still working on. > > > > I leave the Association in a very different position than when I took > > office. We have several ongoing projects and we regularized all the > delayed > > paperwork. We became the first organization from a developing country to > > get an Annual Plan Grant via FDC and have been one of the best-graded > > chapters in both processes. We are now a reliable and serious > organization, > > continuing a process of professionalization that can improve our > programs, > > making them more efficient and more effective. Clearly, this has not been > > only due to my work, which is why I thank the Board of the Chapter that > > helped me in everything and to María Cruz, which has been a great > colleague > > these months. > > > > My main interest is that Wikimedia Argentina continues to grow, which is > > why we have decided that my departure occurs at the end of March. This > will > > allow us to work calmly to ensure the continuity of the ongoing projects > of > > Wikimedia Argentina and the transfer of knowledge once the new Executive > > Director takes office. In any case, I will continue to participate as a > > member and Wikimedia volunteer, once this period expires. By request of > our > > Board, I will also attend the next Wikimedia Conference, so I will be > able > > to transmit the experiences of Wikimedia Argentina in the last year. > > > > I appreciate the trust placed in me by the Board and all the members of > > Wikimedia Argentina and their support all these months. I'm sure they > will > > continue the great work we have done lately. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > *Osmar Valdebenito G.* > > Director Ejecutivo > > A. C. Wikimedia Argentina > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
