Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Bangladesh's new board

[Jnanaranjan Sahu]

Congratulations everyone at Wikimedia Bangladesh!

Regards,
*Jnanaranjan Sahu*
*Bhubaneswar*

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 5:28 PM, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote:

> woolah, kia wanjoo noonook Wikimedia Bangladesh board
>
> On 14 March 2018 at 19:26, Nahid Sultan <na...@wikimedia.org.bd> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > We are happy to announce that the new board of Wikimedia Bangladesh has
> > been formed after our last AGM on January 27th and all 9 members from the
> > last term were re-elected. According to our Bylaws, the members to the
> > board will be elected by the regular members at our Annual General
> Meeting
> > and after the board election, the new board members will elect the Office
> > Bearers by discussing among themselves.
> >
> > Yesterday, on March 13th, all 9 members of the board unanimously agreed
> > that Shabab Mustafa will lead the society as its president. Tanweer
> Morshed
> > will be treasurer and I will be serving as the general secretary. Here,
> > Shabab Mustafa will replace Ali Haider Khan, president of the last term.
> > Therefore, the current board consists of following persons for the term
> of
> > 2018-20.
> >
> > 1. Shabab Mustafa (President) [[User:Tarunno]]
> > 2. Nahid Sultan (Secretary) [[User:NahidSultan]]
> > 3. Tanweer Morshed (Treasurer) [[User:Tanweer Morshed]]
> > 4. Munir Hasan [[User:Munirhasan]]
> > 5. Ali Haidar Khan [[User:Ali Haidar Khan]]
> > 6. Tanvir Rahman [[User:Wikitanvir]]
> > 7. Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) [[User:Hasive]]
> > 8. Moheen Reeyad [[User:Moheen Reeyad]] and,
> > 9. Masum-al-Hasan [[User:Masum-al-hasan]]
> >
> > ;Reference
> > # Resolution: https://bd.wikimedia.org/s/15g
> > # Bylaws: https://bd.wikimedia.org/s/2q
> >
> > Regards,
> > On behalf of the board of Wikimedia Bangladesh,
> > Nahid Sultan
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana

[Jnanaranjan Sahu]

Great to hear that. Congratulations.

Regards,
*Jnanaranjan Sahu || user:Jnanaranjan_sahu || @gyana111*
*Odia Wikimedia User Group*

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Tito Dutta <trulyt...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Great. Congratulations and good wishes.
> On Dec 15, 2017 8:27 PM, "Natacha Rault" <n.ra...@me.com> wrote:
>
> > Glad to see a new user group in Africa! Welcome and all the best! Nattes
> à
> > chat
> > > Le 15 déc. 2017 à 15:52, Samuel Patton <spat...@wikimedia.org> a
> écrit :
> > >
> > > Awesome! Congratulations and welcome.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 9:34 PM, Kirill Lokshin <
> > kirill.loks...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi everyone!
> > >>
> > >> I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has
> > recognized
> > >> Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana [1] as a Wikimedia User Group.
> > The
> > >> group aims to promote the use of Wikipedia and its sister projects by
> > the
> > >> residents of Botswana, effectively engaging people to help contribute
> > >> online content and promoting the use of the free online resources of
> the
> > >> Wikimedia Foundation to enhance the life of every individual.
> > >>
> > >> Please join me in congratulating the members of this new user group!
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> Kirill Lokshin
> > >> Chair, Affiliations Committee
> > >>
> > >> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_
> > >> Group_Botswana
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Affiliates] New Affiliations Committee appointments

[Jnanaranjan Sahu]

Congratulations Olushola and Jack.

Regards,
*Jnanaranjan Sahu*
*Bhubaneswar*

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Nurunnaby Hasive <nhas...@wikimedia.org.bd>
wrote:

> Congratulations Jack and Olushola!
> Congratulations Rosie, Tanweer, and Salvador for re-appointed!
>
>
> Hasive
>
> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 3:45 AM, Raphael Berchie <rberc...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Congrats Shola. Wish you all the best.
> >
> > *Raphael Berchie*
> > Co Founder Open Foundation, West Africa, Wikipedian-in-Residence (Wiki
> > Loves Women)  <http://www.wikiloveswomen.org/about-the-project/who/>
> > Wikimedian <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>,Open
> > Advocate, Climate
> > Change Activist,Blogger <http://rberchie.blogspot.com/>
> > P.O Box CT 10469
> > Cantoments Accra
> > Ghana
> > +233243882047
> > Twitter@berchie4gh <https://twitter.com/berchie4gh>
> > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/berchie>
> > Linkedin
> > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-berchie-32705822?trk=
> > nav_responsive_tab_profile>
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Chris Keating <
> chriskeatingw...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Congrats to Jack and Olushola! I am sure you will do a great job.
> > >
> > > Kirill – I know this last round of recruitment started some time ago
> (in
> > > June?) – do you expect the next round to run any more quickly?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >  Chris
> > >
> > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10
> > >
> > > From: Kirill Lokshin
> > > Sent: 08 November 2017 17:03
> > > To: Wikimedia Mailing List; Wikimedia Movement Affiliates discussion
> list
> > > Subject: [Affiliates] New Affiliations Committee appointments
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > A bit delayed, but we are happy to share that Olaniyan Olushola and
> Jack
> > > Farah Mustaklem have appointed to the Affiliations Committee as new
> > > members.  In addition, three incumbent members (Rosie
> > > Stephenson-Goodknight, Tanweer Morshed and Salvador Alcantar) have been
> > > re-appointed for an additional term.
> > >
> > > Here are Olushola and Farah, or Jack, in their own words:
> > >
> > > Jack Farah Mustaklem:
> > >
> > > I'm a Palestinian volunteer editor on Wikipedia from Jerusalem, and
> > > Founding member and  treasurer of Wikimedians of the Levant User Group,
> > and
> > > the representative in Palestine. I have been a Wikimedian since 2005,
> > > editing both the English and Arabic Wikipedias. I have a passion for
> the
> > > free dissemination of knowledge. Most recently, I have been
> coordinating
> > > activities of the Wikipedia Education Program in Palestine, at both the
> > > high school and university levels. Outside of the movement, Jack is an
> > > advocate of free knowledge, a software engineer, and a father of three.
> > >
> > > Olaniyan Olushola:
> > >
> > > My name is Olaniyan Olushola, an accountant by profession, founding
> > member
> > > and president of Wikimedia User Group Nigeria.[1] I am an active
> > Wikimedian
> > > and member of the community with various contributions to Wikimedia
> > > projects. I have organized several Wikimedia project in the last few
> > years.
> > > I organized Wiki Loves Africa 2015 and 2016 in Nigeria. I participated
> in
> > > Wiki Indaba 2014 and WikiAfrica/OpenAfrica15,[2] a conference for
> > > Wikipedians In Residence, organized by WikiAfrica in Johannesburg,
> South
> > > Africa. I coordinated Wikipedia 15 in Nigeria[3] and Wiki loves Nigeria
> > > Writing Contest, organized as part of Wikipedia @15 celebration in
> > > Nigeria.[4] I coordinated Wiki Loves Women in Nigeria and my work was
> > > extensively covered by multiple newspapers in Nigeria.[5] I coordinated
> > > Wiki Photo Tour in Nigeria through a Wikimedia Foundation grant support
> > in
> > > 2016.[6] I conceptualized a media partnership between Wikimedia UG
> > Nigeria
> > > and Blackface Media,[7] a radio program that runs every Wednesday
> called
> > > Time-Out with Wikipedia. I am the lead presenter on Wikimedia Radio and
> > TV
> > > program. I established Wikimedia Fan Club at Lagos State University,
> > > University of Ibadan and Wikimedia Hub, Nigerian Institute of
> Journalism
> > > (NIJ). I am also the project coordinator for &quo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of WMF Chief Product Officer

[Jnanaranjan Sahu]

Great News. Congratulations Toby.

On 28-Oct-2017 00:42, "Samuel Klein"  wrote:

> Fantastic.
>
> On Oct 27, 2017 3:09 PM, "Katherine Maher"  wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I’m happy to let you know that the Foundation has concluded our search
> for
> > a Chief Product Officer (CPO). Our own Toby Negrin will transition from
> > acting as interim lead of the Audiences department to this permanent and
> > updated role. Please join me in congratulating Toby!
> >
> > Toby was unanimously recommended by our CPO search panel, following an
> > executive search process very similar to those used for recent executive
> > appointments in Legal and Talent & Culture. We kicked off the process by
> > developing a job description based on feedback from staff, particularly
> > from the Audiences department. This job description attracted hundreds of
> > applicants after being posted in August 2017. A pool of approximately 30
> > candidates was reviewed by the primary hiring panel, made up of
> > stakeholders from Audiences and Technology. We conducted additional
> > interviews with six candidates, and two external finalists were
> interviewed
> > by the full panel and myself.
> >
> > Since joining the Foundation in 2013, Toby has demonstrated leadership
> > focussed on outcomes, collaboration with the Wikimedia community, and
> > respect for Wikimedia values. He led an expansion of our analytics
> efforts,
> > built a new team focused on Readers, and championed the development of
> > intuitive mobile interfaces and mobile applications. Toby played a
> critical
> > role in the creation of the Community Tech team, and supporting the
> > creation of the New Readers program. He has a deep interest in
> partnership
> > with the communities, an instinct for assembling and cultivating teams,
> and
> > a record of supporting staff as they develop and explore new skills and
> > roles.
> >
> > Leading our product development efforts takes more than a commitment to
> the
> > Wikimedia mission. As the world around us changes, we too must evaluate
> how
> > we best make progress toward our mission. Changes in demographics,
> > language, connectivity, interfaces, and more will have a profound and
> > transformative effect on our projects and how we seek to achieve our
> > vision. To respond effectively, we will need to develop a vision and plan
> > for how the Wikimedia projects will evolve, growing users, expanding
> > services, and improving retention and participation. And perhaps more
> > importantly, we will need to develop a culture of excellence, service,
> and
> > sustainability across the organization, so that we can retain and
> attract a
> > diverse crow of exceptional colleagues.  I’m excited to see how Toby and
> > the department will continue to take on these challenges and
> opportunities.
> >
> > Toby brings nearly 20 years of experience if integrating data, research,
> > and design to produce effective and popular products. Prior to joining
> the
> > Foundation, he led analytics efforts at DeNA, a mobile social games
> > company. At DeNA, he partnered with colleagues in Japan and China to
> build
> > global dashboards used to track gaming performance around the world. He
> > also held roles at Yahoo! related to cloud platforms, anti-abuse efforts,
> > and content moderation. Toby grew up in Los Angeles and the UK before
> > landing in the San Francisco Bay Area, and worked in software development
> > at startups in Sweden and The Netherlands. Toby graduated from the NIMBAS
> > Graduate School of Management and University of California - Santa Cruz.
> He
> > was a board member and treasurer of the Golden Gate Philharmonic youth
> > orchestra. In his free time, he enjoys spending time winemaking and grape
> > growing, running, hiking Bay Area trails, and playing tennis.
> >
> > I want to offer my sincere thanks to the CPO hiring committee for your
> work
> > on this process: Jon Katz, Nirzar Pangarkar, Adam Baso, Grace Gellerman,
> > Anne Gomez, James Forrester, Victoria Coleman, and Ryan Kaldari. A
> special
> > thank you to Liz Verlade, Joady Lohr, and Anna Stillwell for their
> amazing
> > work coordinating the process. Finally, thank you to Eileen Hershenov,
> > Maggie Dennis, Megan Hernandez, Pau Giner, Danny Horn, Runa
> Bhattacharjee,
> > and Christophe Henner for their input throughout the process.
> >
> > Again, and especially for those at WikidataCon this week, please join me
> in
> > congratulating Toby on this appointment!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Katherine
> >
> > --
> > Katherine Maher
> > Executive Director
> >
> > *We moved! **Our new address:*
> >
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> > 1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600
> > San Francisco, CA 94104
> >
> > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
> > +1 (415) 712 4873
> > kma...@wikimedia.org
> > https://annual.wikimedia.org
> >
> > --
> > Katherine Maher
> > Executive Director
> >
> > *We moved! **Our new address:*
> >
> > Wikimedia Foundation