A small correction to the new roles - Krishna is Secretary and Joao is the membership admin. *So the new roles are like so: * Filip Maljkovic - Chair Susanna Mkrtchyan (Սուսաննա Մկրտչյան) - Vice Chair Krishna Chaitanya Velaga - *Secretary* João Alexandre Peschanski - *Membership Admin* LiAnna Davis - Treasurer
Shani. On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:16 AM Shani Evenstein <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > As some of you may know, I will soon be joining the Board of Trustees > (August 15), and am therefore required to resign my formal role as Chair of > the Wikipedia & Education User Group. This means a new vacancy had to be > filled in the board composition and a new Chair had to be appointed. > > I'm happy to report that in an online board meeting earlier this month the > board chose *Filip Maljkovic* to serve as the new Chair of the > organization. > > As for filling up vacancies -- in addition to me leaving the board, > another board member, *Ananth Subray, *has informed the board that due to > other pressing obligations he will not be able to continue his role as a > board member. Ananth has therefore resigned and will move to a position of > "Adviser to the Board". I'd like to take the opportunity to thank him for > his service to the UG's growth in the passing year. > > With both me and Ananth leaving the board, 2 vacancies had to be filled. > The board of the W&E UG has always been a working board, keeping it small > but with highly involved members. In order to foster stability in the > organization and an easy as possible transition, the board has chosen to > co-opt 2 members from our UG that has always been involved and already know > the organization well - *João Alexandre Peschanski from Brazil, *who has > served as an adviser to the board since the UG's approval, throughout the > board election process and ever since; and *LiAnna Davis*, Chief Programs > Officer and Deputy Director at *Wiki Education Foundation*, *from the US*. > As some may remember, LiAnna once worked for the Education team at the WMF > and was the one to initiate the creation of the Education Collaborative, > which later evolved into our current UG. She has been involved in the > different stages of our formation and knows well many of the relevant > stakeholders. > > Both LiAnna & João were natural choices and bring to the board a wealth > of experience running innovative EDUWiki initiatives. I have no doubt they > will both contribute to the continued growth of the organization, till the > next elections at the end of 2020. > > *Thus, the new Wikipedia & Education User Group **board composition is: * > Filip Maljkovic - Chair > Susanna Mkrtchyan - Vice Chair > Krishna Chaitanya Velaga - Membership Admin > João Alexandre Peschanski - Secretary > LiAnna Davis - Treasurer > > To summarize, I feel very blessed to be leaving an even stronger board and > look forward to seeing how this organization evolves. I'll remain involved > as an 'adviser to the board' and will continue contributing to EDUWiki > initiatives as a volunteer, educator, researcher and Open Education > advocate. > > Best, > Shani Evenstein. >
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