Re: [Wikimedia-l] General Counsel: Welcome Eileen Hershenov

Indeed, it must be challenging to serve as general counsel for an organization as diverse as the Wikimedia Foundation. As far as I understand, the majority of the legal team's work is done “behind-the-scenes”. They make it their full-time job to respond to complicated and serious issues and

[Wikimedia-l] General Counsel: Welcome Eileen Hershenov

Dear Michelle, As many many other Wikimedians, I am truly grateful for the, in the very sense of the word, service you have done to the Wikimedia movement over the past years both as a legal professional and as a community member. I am saddened to see you go. Together with the rest of the legal

Re: [Wikimedia-l] General Counsel: Welcome Eileen Hershenov

Welcome Eileen, I wish you every success. And tremendous love and thanks to Michelle, for all of your help and inspiration.-Sam On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Tomasz Ganicz wrote: > 2017-04-26 15:33 GMT+02:00 Katherine Maher : > > > Michelle > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] General Counsel: Welcome Eileen Hershenov

Michelle is beyond amazing, end of story. Best of luck to the new incoming GC, and hope she can fill the very big shoes. -Dan Dan Rosenthal On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > For nearly a decade, I worked (sometimes closely, sometimes not as

Re: [Wikimedia-l] General Counsel: Welcome Eileen Hershenov

For nearly a decade, I worked (sometimes closely, sometimes not as closely) with Michelle Paulson. She dazzled me with her brilliance and her care for Wikimedia and Wikimedians around the globe. Anytime that I needed someone to fight with me because a Wikimedian was in some way threatened, I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] General Counsel: Welcome Eileen Hershenov

2017-04-26 15:33 GMT+02:00 Katherine Maher : > Michelle Michelle was one of my personally favourite employees of WMF with which I had occasion to meet face to face - so I wish her great continuation of her carrier somewhere else and be missing her. Hopefully, our new

Re: [Wikimedia-l] General Counsel: Welcome Eileen Hershenov

Hello, Eileen has been a great support to me at Consumer Reports in doing Wikimedia projects with in New York City. Many Wikimedia community members take for granted that organizations can easily engage in Wikimedia projects, but actually, if an organization attempts a collaboration with

Re: [Wikimedia-l] General Counsel: Welcome Eileen Hershenov

Congrats and Welcome to Eileen Hershenov! On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Katherine Maher wrote: > Hi all, > > I am writing to share some news about the leadership of our Legal > department at the Wikimedia Foundation. Over the last eight months, we’ve > worked to

[Wikimedia-l] General Counsel: Welcome Eileen Hershenov

Hi all, I am writing to share some news about the leadership of our Legal department at the Wikimedia Foundation. Over the last eight months, we’ve worked to identify a permanent General Counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation. I am delighted to share that we have found a new General Counsel, Eileen