Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer/Maryana’s Listening Tour

Maryana Iskander, Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has appointed Maryana Iskander as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Wikimedia Foundation. In Maryana’s introductory letter to the movement, she said “my first job is to listen and seek to understand.”

As part of this commitment, Maryana is undertaking a listening tour of the Wikimedia movement. She will meet with volunteer contributors, affiliates, donors, partners and staff. She wants to hear from anyone interested in sharing directly with her even before she officially joins the Wikimedia Foundation in January 2022.

In January 2022, after Maryana officially joins, key themes from the feedback will be summarized and shared back with the movement.

Questions from Maryana

Questions?

Maryana is interested in all the different views from across our communities. She is asking everyone:

• What do you think: about the vision, mission, impact, strategy and how we relate to the rest of the world? What do you think about our current and future ways of working and achieving our aspirations?
• What does data, research and evidence also tell us about our vision, mission, impact, strategy and how we relate to the rest of the world? How is this the same or different from what you think?
• What motivates you at a personal level to contribute to your projects and take part in your communities?

Share your views

Questions & answers session with the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, Wikimania 2013

As part of Maryana’s listening tour, you can get in touch with her in many ways to share your views.

• Directly by email at miskanderwikimediaorg.
• On wiki, by leaving a message in any language on this page’s talk page. Foundation staff will pass on (and translate where needed) all messages to Maryana.
• Joining one of the many events listed below.

Join Maryana at an event

Events are being added all the time so feel free to watch this page for more.

If you would like to invite Maryana to an event please email movementcommswikimediaorg and we can check availability. Please note Maryana is trying to meet as many people as she can but may not be able to make all the events she is invited to during this transition period.

Name	Date and time (all times in UTC)	How to join
Meeting with Wikimedia South Africa	Tuesday, 21 September 2021	Completed
Wikimedia South Africa Annual General Meeting	Saturday, 25 September 2021	Completed
Major Donors Virtual Events	22 September, 13 October and 9 November	Invites sent directly to groups.
German-language WikiCon 2021	Saturday October 2, 14:00-15:00 UTC	Program Registration closes on Wednesday Sept. 29.
Meeting with a cross-section of User Groups LGBT+ AfroCrowd WikiMujeres WikiWomen	Thursday, October 7th	Invites sent directly to groups.
ESEAP regional monthly meeting	Saturday October 9, 07:00 UTC	Event page
WikiConference North America	Sunday October 10, 15:45 UTC	Program and registration
WikiArabia	Friday October 15, 11:30 UTC	Program and registration
Conversation with the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees - Community Affairs Committee	Wednesday October 20, 11:00 UTC	Program and registration
Wikidata Con	Saturday October 30, 16:00 UTC	Program and registration
Wikimedia CEE (Central and Eastern Europe)	Friday November 5, Time to be confirmed.	Program and registration
Wiki Indaba	Friday November 5, Time to be confirmed.	Program and registration
WikiConvention francophone	November 21-22, Time to be confirmed.	Program and registration
Conversation with Maryana - open forum listening meeting with the Movement.	Late November / Early December. Exact date and times to be confirmed.	To be confirmed