Welcome, John! On Thu, Apr 7, 2016, 8:49 AM Timothy Vollmer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Most excellent, John. I'm glad you're in this role and happy to be able to > continue working with you. > tvol > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Greg Varnum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Congratulations, John! Look forward to working with you. :) >> >> -greg >> >> >> --- >> Gregory Varnum >> Communications Strategist (Contractor) >> Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> >> [email protected] >> >> On Apr 7, 2016, at 8:42 AM, Lisette Kalshoven <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Good to hear from you from this side as well John! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Lisette >> >> -- >> Kennisland | www.kennisland.nl | t +31205756720 | m +31613943237 | >> @lnkalshoven | skype: lisette.kalshoven >> >> On 07 Apr 2016, at 17:39, Jan Gerlach <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello John >> >> Welcome! Very much looking forward to working with you! >> >> Jan >> >> == >> >> >> Jan Gerlach >> Public Policy Manager >> Wikimedia Foundation >> 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor >> San Francisco, CA 94105 >> [email protected] >> >> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 9:38 AM, John Hendrik Weitzmann < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I'd like to introduce myself to all of you in my new role Legal and >>> Policy Advisor at Wikimedia Deutschland, reporting to Christian Rickerts. >>> Some of you know me already from previous engagements, but to be >>> responsible laterally for everything around law and politics at WMDE is >>> surely the most daunting task I had to date. >>> >>> By training I'm a lawyer and have practiced for several years in the >>> field of open and free as in freedom as co-founder of the Berlin-based >>> lawfirm iRights.Law. Since almost ten years I support Creative Commons as >>> volunteer Legal Project Lead for CC Germany. From 2013 until the new WMDE >>> job started I was also one of two CC Regional Coordinators for Europe, a >>> paid contractor position. With CC's newly adopted 2016 - 2020 strategy, >>> advocacy and policy work in general have been added quite prominently to >>> what CC does as an org, and I had the honour to help get this new focus >>> going. There's much more to come in that respect, especially from the >>> worldwide network of CC Teams, who are right in the middle of deliberating >>> about how to structure everything in the future. So keep an eye out in that >>> direction. >>> >>> From my CC work and also, because WMDE is an institution most central to >>> net politics in Germany, I'm no stranger to Wikimedia. In the past WMDE >>> inter alia helped to launch the brochure on CC NC licenses. I've also >>> already worked with people at the Wikimedia Foundation, with the Wikimedian >>> in Brussels, Dimitar Dimitrov, on freedom of panorama legislation, as well >>> as with local communities, for example on OER. In my new role as policy >>> advisor I will try to shape the debates that concern the legal framework >>> and political baselines of free knowledge on a local, regional and >>> international level. >>> >>> Stay tuned for added policy work from Berlin, I'm very moch looking >>> forward to working with this great bunch of people. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> >>> -- >>> John H. Weitzmann >>> Referent für Politik und Recht >>> Legal and Policy Advisor >>> >>> Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin >>> Tel. +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 >>> http://wikimedia.de >>> >>> Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen >>> Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! >>> http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ >>> >>> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. >>> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter >>> der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für >>> Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Publicpolicy mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Publicpolicy mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Publicpolicy mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Publicpolicy mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >> >> > > > -- > Invest in an open future. Support Creative Commons today: > http://bit.ly/19IjSKl > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >
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