HaeB, Congratulations!!! You've done superb work with the signpost and we'll (signpost folks) greatly miss you.
Cheers, Katie Sent from my iPhone On Jul 8, 2011, at 1:25 PM, Jay Walsh <jwa...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > It's with great pleasure that I announce a longtime Wikipedian and > accomplished Wikimedia project supporter, Tilman Bayer (User:HaeB) has > agreed to join the Wikimedia Foundation in support of our movement > communications activities. Pending approval of the U.S. immigration > visa process, we intend to bring Tilman to San Francisco, full-time, > as Manager, Movement Communications in the coming months. Tilman will > augment Wikimedia's communications team (now at three!) and will > report to me. > > Tilman will be known to many in the English Wikipedia community as > editor-in-chief of the Wikipedia Signpost, where over the past year > (after picking up the reigns from another current WMF staffer, Sage > Ross) he has led the publication’s dedicated crew of volunteers and > increased the depth and breadth of stories about Wikipedia, our > projects, and the movement as a whole. Tilman has also helped raise > the overall visibility of Signpost beyond the English Wikipedia, > building a significant social media presence (managing and bolstering > its Identi.ca and Twitter feeds), and generally increasing the reach > of the stories about Wikipedia to more editors and readers than ever. > > Tilman has been active in both the German and English WP communities > since 2003 (he's been a checkuser on the German Wikipedia since 2006). > He holds degrees in mathematics from the University of Cambridge and > the University of Bonn. > > At the Wikimedia Foundation Tilman will be working with all WMF staff, > and the community at large, to help us both build new movement > communications systems, and work with tech and the community > department to produce great specifications for user communication > oriented projects. We’re particularly interested in improving > feedback, discussion, and broadcast channels among and outside of the > projects (including social media, variations on mailing lists etc). > > In short, we want to introduce more painless, relevant, and effective > ways to increase the exchange of information within the community - > including information you want to share with everyone, as well as the > stuff from WMF. > > Tilman will be visible on the projects and IRC, and you will likely > start to see him posting to the mailing lists, blogs, and on-wiki. > He’s also currently in the process of working on succession for the > editorial leadership with the Signpost. > > Please join me in welcoming Tilman! > > > -- > Jay Walsh > Head of Communications > WikimediaFoundation.org > blog.wikimedia.org > +1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw > > _______________________________________________ > 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