Welcome Ellie!! So happy to have you on board :) On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse <sboute...@wikimedia.org>wrote:
> Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be > of interest to many here too. Welcome, Ellie! > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Siko Bouterse <sboute...@wikimedia.org> > Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM > Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator > To: Staff All <wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Hi all, > > Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of > Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1] > > As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been > spread across a variety of staff members who have other core > responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point of > contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to > ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where > help from WMF is needed. > > Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open > culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX > Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several > international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also > currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an > activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life. > > Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents helped > build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two > doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America > and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF > East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack. > > As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the > work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity > and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year. > She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working > from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to > hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her > anytime! > > Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and > interview candidates. > > Welcome, Ellie! > > [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ > [2] https://www.usenix.org > > -- > Siko Bouterse > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > sboute...@wikimedia.org > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. > Donate or click the "edit" button today, and help us make it a reality! > > > > -- > Siko Bouterse > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > sboute...@wikimedia.org > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. * > *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, > and help us make it a reality!* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- Leslie Harms Office Assistant Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext 6743 https://donate.wikimedia.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l