Hello Bishaka! It is great to have a Good Listener as a trustee.
>From Wikiversity, H. On 5 April 2010 22:14, Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net> wrote: > 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 >>>> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ >>>> foundation-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l