Anna,
So sad to hear you're leaving the Wikimedia community, but I'm happy to hear you
won't really be gone.
I wish you well on your next endeavors, and I know I'll see you around. Thanks for all
your work as service! :)
Jami
On Feb 9, 2016, at 9:50 AM, Anna Koval
<akoval(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Dear friends,
During the past three years, I have been privileged to be a part of this movement and
this organization.
I have been honored to be your colleague and to work with you in service of the sum of
all knowledge.
The Wikipedia Education Program [1] is especially near and dear to my heart. It is a
means of educating readers, recruiting contributors, and creating quality content. Since
2014, the number of education initiatives around the world has increased by 36%. [2] [3]
And 25% of all education programs now are in one of the regions that I directly supported.
[4] I am so proud of what they have accomplished. And I am enthusiastic about what great
things they have yet to achieve.
I want to thank and compliment my current manager, Floor Koudijs. She is a competent,
considerate, conscientious leader, and her diplomacy skills are unsurpassed. I am
confident that the education team and the education program will continue to excel under
her leadership. They are in the best hands.
I want to thank my teammates, past and present, from whom I have learned so much: Floor
Koudijs. Tighe Flanagan, Samir Elsharbaty, Kacie Harold, Rodney Dunican, Sage Ross, Jami
Mathewson, and LiAnna Davis.
I want to thank the Wikipedia Education Collaborative [5] for sharing their experience
and expertise with the greater global education community. I may ask to mentor me when I
pilot a Wikipedia assignment in my own classroom!
And I want to thank the education program leaders, past and present, with whom I had the
privilege of working closely, especially those whom I had the privilege of visiting. To be
able to support their great work was an honor and a lot of fun.
Wikipedia is a miracle, a monument to altruism. It is vital to the internet ecosystem,
and it is vital to the education system. I hope that more young people especially will
find their way to it and help out. And when they do, I hope that they are met with wise
mentorship from veteran community members, just as I was.
I intend to remain a Wikipedian even after I am no longer a WMF staff member. And, with
that promise, I’ll see you on the wikis. [6]
All the best,
Anna Koval, M.Ed.
[1]
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
[2]
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education/Countries&ol…
[3]
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Countries
[4]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ACEE_2015_State_of_th…
[5]
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collabora…
[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Msannakoval
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Anna Koval, M.Ed.
Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
Wikimedia Foundation
+1.415.839.6885 x 6729
Skype: annakoval.wiki
akoval(a)wikimedia.org
education.wikimedia.org
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