Wow. What a loss. I will never forget your boundless enthusiasm for this movement, and I loved our semi-regular walking meetings, Siko. I know you will do so much for wherever you end up. What a tremendous asset you will be to them! Your gifts are tremendous - almost as big as your heart.
Best, pb On Thursday, February 11, 2016, Steven Crossin <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow Siko. This comes as a massive surprise. It was a pleasure working with > you on dispute resolution on my time as a Wikimedia Fellow. I'll always > remember the support you gave me and how I grew as a result. I consider you > a great friend and I'll miss you a lot. I wish you all the best in your > future endeavours. You will be sorely missed. > > Steve > > *Steven Crossin* > *[email protected] <javascript:;> <[email protected] <javascript:;>>* > > On 12 February 2016 at 12:24, Siko Bouterse <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Dear friends and colleagues, > > > > I’ve had the amazing privilege of serving this movement in a staff > capacity > > for the past 4 ½ years, but I’ve now decided to move on from my role at > the > > Wikimedia Foundation. > > > > Transparency, integrity, community and free knowledge remain deeply > > important to me, and I believe I will be better placed to represent those > > values in a volunteer capacity at this time. I am and will always remain > a > > Wikimedian, so you'll still see me around the projects (User:Seeeko), > > hopefully with renewed energy and joy in volunteering. > > > > This movement has become my home in so many unexpected ways, and I’m > truly > > honored to have learned from so many of you. It was an amazing experience > > to have partnered with smart, bold, and dedicated community folks to > > experiment with projects like Teahouse, IdeaLab, Inspire, Individual > > Engagement Grants, and Reimagining Grants. I’ve seen you create some > really > > incredible content, ideas, tools, programs, processes, committees and > > organizations, all in the service of free knowledge. > > > > I expect my last day to be Thursday, February 25th. I have full > confidence > > in Maggie Dennis's abilities to lead the Community Engagement Department, > > and I trust that my team will remain available to support the community’s > > needs for grants and other resources throughout this time of transition. > > > > Much love, > > Siko > > > > -- > > Siko Bouterse > > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the > > sum of all knowledge. * > > *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, > > and help us make it a reality!* > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;> > ?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] <javascript:;> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;> > ?subject=unsubscribe> -- Philippe Beaudette [email protected] 415-275-1424 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
