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= Executive Director Transition
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== History
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Shari gave more than 12 months notice that she would be retiring by the end of 2018. Edit: In October 2017
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In the last 3 years, Shari has built a robust organisation with new and existing admin staff.
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== New Executive Director
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We chose Isabela, an internal candidate who is very familiar with Tor.
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Isabela was Tor's project manager for the last few years.
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== New Staff
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We hired two project managers to replace Isabela, so that all teams had project management support.
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The UX team lead is now Antonela. (Isabela was also the UX team lead.)
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We brought in staff who are experienced in their organisational roles to support Isabela as Executive Director.
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Including a fundraising director and the CFO.
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US audits ask the Executive Director questions, Shari and Isabela were in the current audit session.
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(US non-profits ask auditors for regular audits to improve their processes.)
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We have just signed a new lease on the Seattle office.
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== Timeline and Next Steps
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The transition has been going smoothly.
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We are ready to transition when Isabela is ready.
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Isabela is planning on doing the Executive Director transition on November 5.
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Isabela will hold a regular tea-time on IRC, where she will talk about Tor and answer questions.
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Some teams may also host tea-times.
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(The time will rotate so that people in different time zones can attend.)
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Shari will be available for Isabela to consult until the end of 2018.
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Then Shari will move to the board, to continue to help Tor.
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Isabela will write an email to the community before 2019, about her vision for the organisation.
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Face-to-face meetings with key operations staff and team leads.
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== Questions
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Can we do a video or voice chat for some tea-times?
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Can we write a boilerplate for executive director transition for funders, grant applications and auditor statements?
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Can we coordinate the transition with the year-end fundraising campaign?
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Can we have tea-times at Tor meetings with the Executive Director? |