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{{user info
| full name = Siko Bouterse
| image name = Siko BouterseSiko_Bouterse-8.jpg
| hover text = Siko Bouterse, HeadDirector of IndividualCommunity Engagement GrantsResources
| job title = HeadDirector of IndividualCommunity Engagement GrantsResources
| organization = Wikimedia Foundation
| short quote =
| short quote = Even after all this time the Sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” - [[w:Hafez|Hafiz]]
| about me = I joined the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2011, first as Head of [[m:Wikimedia Fellowships|Community Fellowships]], andthen later movedmoving into [[m:Grants:Start|grantmaking]] forfocused on individuals., and today leading the Community Resources team. I like to build new projects and help others do the same. I've worked with global online communities for somenearly 10 timeyears now, and am particularly interesting in cross-cultural dialogue and collaboration. Before WMF, I worked with organizations like hi5.com, where I built a crowd-sourced community translation program to localize the site into not nearly as many languages as Wikimedia has, and Meedan.org, where I built online community focused on English-Arabic dialogue. I have a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.A. in Middle East History from the American University in Cairo. These Nowdays, I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and when I'm not online hanging around with people, I likeprefer to be outsideat somewhere beautiful, hanging around withthe peoplebeach.
| about my work = AsI Headwork ofwith [[m:Grants:IEG|Individuala Engagementteam Grants]],of myprogram primary responsibility isofficers to support Wikimediansthe toWikimedia completecommunity intensivewith projectsthe resources (buildingfunding, organizingmentorship, pilotingconnections, creating,etc) improving,it researchingneeds orto facilitatingmake great things) that benefit the Wikimedia movementhappen. I also founded the [[m:Grants:IdeaLab|IdeaLab]], am WMF's representative for the [[m:Participation:Support|Participation Support Program]], spend time thinking about theways to address Wikimedia's gender gap whenwhenever I can, am a fan of new experiments in online community organizing, and generally take responsibility for dreaming up ways we can support individualmore community members in partnership with the rest of the [[wmf:Staff_and_contractors#GrantmakingCommunity Engagement|GrantmakingCommunity Engagement team]]. The best part of my job is learning from community members what we can do together to make this movement even more amazing.
 
Some current projects I've work onco-created, in partnership with other staff and volunteers, include:
*[[m:Grants:IEG|Individual Engagement Grants]]▼
*[[m:Grants:IdeaLab|IdeaLab]]
*[[m:Grants:Inspire|Inspire Campaign]]
*[[m:Participation:Support|Travel and Participation Support Program]]
▲*[[m:Grants:IEG|Individual Engagement Grants]]
*[[m:WikiWomen's Collaborative|WikiWomen's Collaborative]]
*[[:en:Wikipedia:Teahouse|Wikipedia Teahouse]]
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| contact me =
* E-mail: sbouterse{{@}}wikimedia.org
* Talk page: Meta wiki and English Wikipedia as [[:m:User:Siko (WMF)|Siko (WMF)]]
* [[:en:User:Seeeko|Seeeko]] is my volunteer account on English Wikipedia
}}

Revision as of 02:58, 4 March 2015

Siko Bouterse
Siko Bouterse, Director of Community Resources
Siko Bouterse
Director of Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation

About me

I joined the Wikimedia Foundation in June 2011, first as Head of Community Fellowships, then moving into grantmaking focused on individuals, and today leading the Community Resources team. I like to build new projects and help others do the same. I've worked with global online communities for nearly 10 years now, and am particularly interesting in cross-cultural dialogue and collaboration. Before WMF, I worked with organizations like hi5.com, where I built a crowd-sourced community translation program to localize the site into not nearly as many languages as Wikimedia has, and Meedan.org, where I built online community focused on English-Arabic dialogue. I have a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.A. in Middle East History from the American University in Cairo. These days, when I'm not online, I prefer to be at the beach.

My work

I work with a team of program officers to support the Wikimedia community with the resources (funding, mentorship, connections, etc) it needs to make great things happen. I also spend time thinking about ways to address Wikimedia's gender gap whenever I can, am a fan of new experiments in online community organizing, and generally take responsibility for dreaming up ways we can support more community members in partnership with the rest of the Community Engagement team. The best part of my job is learning from community members what we can do together to make this movement even more amazing.

Some projects I've co-created, in partnership with other staff and volunteers, include:

Disclaimer: I work for the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I intend to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, so edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation.

Contact me

  • E-mail: sbouterse@wikimedia.org
  • Talk page: Meta wiki and English Wikipedia as Siko (WMF)
  • Seeeko is my volunteer account on English Wikipedia


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