So having totally missed this news last week I have to (belatedly) agree with Christophe and SJ.
Many congratulations to Lisa and the team for proposing the endowment and making it a succes. It is amazing to see how many donors have been willing to contribute to reaching this milestone so quickly. Secondly great to see Doron, Phoebe and Patricio on the board! Their collective knowledge of the movement and our challenges will be of great value! Thank you! Jan-Bart > On 23 Sep 2021, at 10:50, Christophe Henner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Congratulations Lisa and team, I know how much energy you pour into it! That > is an amazing step. And great to see the endowment becoming its own > organization. > > And "welcome" to the "new" endowment board members! :) > > Few people might know Doron, but he is not a stranger. He has been supporting > the movement for a very very long time and knows us very well. I remember > back in 2016, he understood very very fast why it was critical to invest in > Wikidata and that lead to the Structured Data grant: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Sloan_Grant > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Structured_data/Sloan_Grant>. > > Phoebe, Doron and Patricio are great additions to the endowment board! > > All good news, thank you again Lisa! > > > -- > Christophe > > > On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 16:58, Lisa Gruwell <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Dear all, > > Today I am very happy to announce the Wikimedia Endowment [1] has reached its > initial $100 million goal. The Endowment was started in 2016 as a permanent > fund to support the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity [2]. > > My deep gratitude goes out to our generous donors, the Endowment board, > Foundation staff, and volunteers who made this possible. I am grateful to the > future-focused community members who began considering the idea of an > endowment years ago, to those who participated in community conversations on > Meta [3] to help us think through initial decisions regarding its launch, and > to all contributors whose work creating Wikimedia content has brought free > knowledge to the world. > > As part of this milestone, the Wikimedia Endowment Board has also welcomed > three new members: Phoebe Ayers, Patricio Lorente, and Doron Weber, bringing > in important expertise of the Wikimedia movement and priorities as well as in > nonprofit management. > > You can read more about this milestone, what it means for the movement, and > what comes next for the Endowment on Diff [4] and the Endowment Meta page > [5]. We invite you to share any questions or feedback on the Endowment talk > page [6]. > > Thank you to everyone who has made this incredible achievement possible. > > Best regards, > Lisa > > [1] https://wikimediaendowment.org/ <https://wikimediaendowment.org/> > [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/mission/ > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/mission/> > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Endowment_Essay > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Endowment_Essay> > [4]https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/22/the-wikimedia-endowment-reaches-100-million-milestone-and-welcomes-three-new-members-to-its-board-more-on-what-these-developments-mean-for-the-projects-and-movement/ > > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/09/22/the-wikimedia-endowment-reaches-100-million-milestone-and-welcomes-three-new-members-to-its-board-more-on-what-these-developments-mean-for-the-projects-and-movement/> > [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Endowment>[6] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Endowment > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Endowment> > > -- > > > Lisa Seitz Gruwell > Chief Advancement Officer > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/LUHSNVCRIHQCGADJM5GHXGLX6R6A7LNW/ > > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/LUHSNVCRIHQCGADJM5GHXGLX6R6A7LNW/> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>_______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/4KIW46G7KAFHWZFRZZSQH2F2P5LWQEJG/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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