Hi Bishakha, Welcome! I hope that you enjoy your new role.
Could you share a little about your involvement with the Wikimedia projects before this, either as an editor or a reader? Thanks, Mike Peel On 5 Apr 2010, at 15:03, Bishakha Datta wrote: > Thanks, Michael and Ting. > > Look forward to this new adventure, to becoming part of the > community - > and to meeting up soon. > > Yes, I did wonder whether you'll had noticed the POV-NPOV irony - > but no > worries on that score. > > Cheers > Bishakha > > > > On 05-04-2010 14:06, Ting Chen wrote: >> Welcome Bishakha and looking forward to meet you soon in person. >> >> Ting >> >> Michael Snow wrote: >> >>> As many of you know, we have had one vacant seat left on the >>> Wikimedia >>> Foundation Board of Trustees for the board to appoint. We have now >>> filled that seat by appointing Bishakha Datta, a journalist, >>> filmmaker, >>> and nonprofit leader from India. In the course of finding >>> Bishakha, we >>> met with a number of great people and had a lot of support going >>> through >>> the process, and I want to thank everyone who participated. >>> >>> I hope everyone will warmly welcome Bishakha as part of our >>> community. >>> By way of background, Bishakha runs a nonprofit based in Mumbai that >>> focuses on conveying women's perspectives in culture and the >>> media. She >>> also has been involved in other international nonprofit work, and >>> her >>> knowledge of India should be a great help to us as we move >>> forward with >>> the strategic plan. In general, her experience will be a >>> wonderful asset >>> and I think she is an ideal fit for the remaining board seat. >>> >>> In a bit of an ironic twist, Bishakha's organization is called >>> Point of >>> View, but rest assured that she understands and endorses the neutral >>> point of view approach for Wikimedia projects. Her journalistic >>> background means she appreciates the value of an objective >>> presentation, >>> and throughout our conversations with her it was clear that she >>> supports >>> our mission and values. >>> >>> We will have an official press release in the next day or so with >>> some >>> more information. I'm excited to be able to work with Bishakha, >>> and I >>> know that she is looking forward to being involved as well. >>> >>> --Michael Snow >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
