Dear Hisham,<br><br>Let me thank you for all the hard work that you and your team has done. The India Program with its large quotient of positive results - most importantly the creation of a large set og college going editors, the push to further specific sectors such as Indic Language, GLAM and community development. Your unstinted championing of the WikiConference. All these have made an impact on the Wikipedia scene in India.<br>
<br>I have disagreed on occasion publicly about the role India Program should have taken up but I have always believed your role to be a essential component of our progress and the India Program to be necessary and vital. I am glad that the Program will continue in a new avatar. <br>
<br>I wish you all the best in your new opportunities and your new life and hope to continue associating with you after this too.<br><br>Sincerely, Ashwin Baindur<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Hisham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:hisham@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">hisham@wikimedia.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Dear English-Wikipedians in India Community<br><span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline">I&#39;m writing to inform you that I plan to leave my current role supporting Wikimedia in India.  I am going to be exploring opportunities and evaluating options that are closer to my career aspirations and my personal circumstances.  I will be working through to ensure that there is a smooth transition - and this is likely to take 2-3 months.  I am writing now because I felt it appropriate and opportune to inform you as early as possible. </span><br>
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