[Foundation-l] Welcome to a new board member

2010-04-05 Thread Michael Snow
As many of you know, we have had one vacant seat left on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees for the board to appoint. We have now filled that seat by appointing Bishakha Datta, a journalist, filmmaker, and nonprofit leader from India. In the course of finding Bishakha, we met with a

[Foundation-l] Petition to shut down Wikiversity

2010-04-05 Thread David Gerard
FYI: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Petition_to_Shut_Down_Wikiversity - d. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Welcome to a new board member

2010-04-05 Thread Bishakha Datta
Thanks, Michael and Ting. Look forward to this new adventure, to becoming part of the community - and to meeting up soon. Yes, I did wonder whether you'll had noticed the POV-NPOV irony - but no worries on that score. Cheers Bishakha On 05-04-2010 14:06, Ting Chen wrote: Welcome Bishakha

Re: [Foundation-l] Welcome to a new board member

2010-04-05 Thread Michael Peel
Hi Bishakha, Welcome! I hope that you enjoy your new role. Could you share a little about your involvement with the Wikimedia projects before this, either as an editor or a reader? Thanks, Mike Peel On 5 Apr 2010, at 15:03, Bishakha Datta wrote: Thanks, Michael and Ting. Look forward to

[Foundation-l] Wikiversity: Proposals for Improvement in 2010

2010-04-05 Thread Chris Lee
In response to the Petition to Shut Down Wikiversity, I want everyone who believes that it only needs retooling and some more contributions, not removal, to speak up with any ideas they have. I created a page on Meta for this discussion:

[Foundation-l] Strategic Planning Office Hours

2010-04-05 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Hi everyone, The next strategic planning office hours are: Tuesday, 6 April, from 20:00-21:00 UTC, which is: -Tuesday (1-2pm PDT) -Tuesday (4-5pm EDT) Office hours will be a great opportunity to discuss the work that's happened as well as the work to come. As always, you can access the chat