Dear Siko, Sad to read your mail. Thanks for your work & good luck. -Hasive WMBD
On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 5:59 AM, Florence Devouard <[email protected]> wrote: > Le 12/02/16 02:24, Siko Bouterse a écrit : > >> 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. >> > > Siko... I was sad to read about your departure. > > And like Pete, I noted your words. > > It is yet another crumb in a trail of worrying elements : the (too) > numerous departures within staff, the staff survey, the recent board > members cases, some staff members mentionning threats when expressing > publicly their opinion, the change of tone in the glassdoor reports, the > Knight grant, and so on. It is worrysome. > > Florence > > 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 >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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> > -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) **:: **নুরুন্নবী চৌধুরী (হাছিব)* User: Hasive <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hasive> | GSM/WhatsApp/Viber: +8801712754752 Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia <http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Hasive> Member | GAC Committee, Wikimedia Foundation <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Grant_Advisory_Committee> Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia Foundation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People> Director | Wikimedia Bangladesh Operations Committee <http://www.wikimedia.org.bd> fb.com/Hasive <http://fb.com/NCHasive> | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com _______________________________________________ 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>
