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----- Original Message ----- From: "philippe" <[email protected]> To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Philippe Beaudette as the StrategyProject Facilitator > Hi everyone.... > > I'd like to thank Sue for the welcome to staff and say that I'm really > excited to work with Eugene - I've heard so many great things about > him from community members. We'll start defining the strategic > planning process soon, I'm sure, and I feel quite certain that FAQs > will be an early part of that. Until then, any thoughts that you have > are most welcome, and I know Eugene feels the same way. I can be > reached by email or on my en:Wikipedia or meta user talk pages. I'll > also make an effort to be visible on IRC as well. > > Best, > Philippe > > ___________________ > philippe > [email protected] > > > On Jul 13, 2009, at 12:59 PM, Sue Gardner wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I am delighted to announce that the Facilitator for Wikimedia's >> collaborative strategy development project will be Philippe Beaudette. >> >> Many of you know Philippe, who is a trusted member of the Wikimedia >> volunteer community. He's a three-year member of the Board of >> Trustees Election Committee, a two-year trusted administrator for the >> English Wikipedia, and has twice been granted temporary administrator >> status for meta for election-related activities. He has also been a >> volunteer for OTRS, where he successfully resolved some particularly >> difficult complaints regarding biographies of living people. He also >> helped the Wikimedia Foundation develop the “media upload” >> proposal >> for the Ford Foundation, which resulted, a few weeks ago, in a USD >> 300,000 grant for a project aimed at streamlining the process for >> uploading media to Wikimedia Commons. >> >> Outside Wikimedia, Philippe has a background in American electoral >> politics, where he has worked as Deputy Campaign Manager, Operations >> Manager and Technology Director on a number of state and federal >> campaigns, as well as for the non-profit Progressive Alliance >> Foundation. He has also worked as a technology consultant in the >> for-profit sector in the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom. >> >> Philippe brings a number of important skills to the Facilitator role. >> He is experienced facilitating discussion on wikis, mailing lists, >> IRC, face-to-face and using teleconferences. He has experience >> understanding and successfully managing complex stakeholder networks. >> And he has managed projects under tight timelines. Most importantly, >> he has a good, rich understanding of the mechanisms and systems used >> by Wikimedia volunteers to stage discussions, achieve consensus and >> make decisions. >> >> Philippe will work from his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and will report >> to Eugene Eric Kim, the strategy plan project manager. He will start >> July 27. >> >> Philippe will be a terrific addition to the team; I look forward to >> working with him. Please join me in congratulating and welcoming him >> to the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation. And thanks again to Erik >> Moeller and Jennifer Riggs for participating in the hiring interviews. >> >> The strategy plan team will total three people: Project Manager Eugene >> Eric Kim, Facilitator Philippe Beaudette, and a to-be-named Research >> Analyst. I hope to be in a position to announce the Research Analyst, >> within a few weeks. >> >> Thanks, >> Sue >> >> >> >> -- >> Sue Gardner >> Executive Director >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> 415 839 6885 office >> >> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in >> the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! >> >> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.13/2236 - Release Date: 07/13/09 17:57:00 _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
