Re: Brooke's departure from Wikimedia Foundation

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Thanks for your service, Brooke, and I'm glad that you'll be around after a
break. I hope that the time away is peaceful.

Regards,
Pine=F0=9F=8C=B2

On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 7:58=E2=80=AFAM Brooke Vibber via Wikitech-l <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all -
>
> As of May 26, 2026 I am no longer an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation=
.
>
> I'll be taking some time off before I get back to the grind; I will remai=
n
> part of the Wikimedia volunteer community and MediaWiki open-source
> development, and will see many of y'all at Wikimania in Paris this summer=
,
> which I will be attending as a volunteer.
>
> My current public contact information is available on my user page: <
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Brooke_Vibber>
>
> To everyone who=E2=80=99s reached out privately about my departure: you=
=E2=80=99re all
> brilliant each and every one of you and you give me so much hope for the
> Foundation and the projects. <3
>
> I'd like to take this opportunity to invite every member of Wikimedia
> Foundation staff to join the unionization progress that is underway in
> several of the countries where the WMF has employees. Every worker deserv=
es
> representation in how their workplace operates, and every workplace
> deserves a union. The folks organizing Wiki Workers United <
> https://wikiworkersunited.org> are passionate about the projects we work
> to support, and about people helping each other to be more effective whil=
e
> treating each other fairly; and if you work at WMF, that effort won=E2=80=
=99t be
> complete without your voice.
>
> -- brooke vibber
>
> Volunteer developer, 2001-2005
> Chief Technology Officer, 2005-2009
> Volunteer developer, 2009-2011
> Staff Software Architect, 2011-2026
> Volunteer developer, 2026-
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smart=
mail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Thanks for your service, B<s=
pan class=3D"gmail-il"><span class=3D"gmail-il"><span class=3D"gmail-il">ro=
oke, and I&#39;m glad that you&#39;ll be around after a break. I hope that =
the time away is peaceful.</span></span></span></div><div><span class=3D"gm=
ail-il"><span class=3D"gmail-il"><span class=3D"gmail-il"><br></span></span=
></span></div><div><span class=3D"gmail-il"><span class=3D"gmail-il"><span =
class=3D"gmail-il">Regards,</span></span></span></div><div>Pine=F0=9F=8C=B2=
</div></div></div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_con=
tainer"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 7:58=
=E2=80=AFAM Brooke Vibber via Wikitech-l &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:wikitech-l@l=
ists.wikimedia.org">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div>=
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-=
left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi all -=
<br><br>As of May 26, 2026 I am no longer an employee of the Wikimedia Foun=
dation.<br><br>I&#39;ll be taking some time off before I get back to the gr=
ind; I will remain part of the Wikimedia volunteer community and MediaWiki =
open-source development, and will see many of y&#39;all at Wikimania in Par=
is this summer, which I will be attending as a volunteer.<br><br>My current=
 public contact information is available on my user page: &lt;<a href=3D"ht=
tps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Brooke_Vibber" target=3D"_blank">https://=
www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Brooke_Vibber</a>&gt;<br><br>To everyone who=E2=
=80=99s reached out privately about my departure: you=E2=80=99re all brilli=
ant each and every one of you and you give me so much hope for the Foundati=
on and the projects. &lt;3<br><br>I&#39;d like to take this opportunity to =
invite every member of Wikimedia Foundation staff to join the unionization =
progress that is underway in several of the countries where the WMF has emp=
loyees. Every worker deserves representation in how their workplace operate=
s, and every workplace deserves a union. The folks organizing Wiki Workers =
United &lt;<a href=3D"https://wikiworkersunited.org" target=3D"_blank">http=
s://wikiworkersunited.org</a>&gt; are passionate about the projects we work=
 to support, and about people helping each other to be more effective while=
 treating each other fairly; and if you work at WMF, that effort won=E2=80=
=99t be complete without your voice.<br><br>-- brooke vibber<br><br>Volunte=
er developer, 2001-2005<br>Chief Technology Officer, 2005-2009<br>Volunteer=
 developer, 2009-2011<br>Staff Software Architect, 2011-2026<br>Volunteer d=
eveloper, 2026-<br><br></div>
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