Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board decision on FDC member appointments

2014-07-15 Thread Bishakha Datta
Many thanks to the outgoing members and a big welcome to the incoming ones. Just posted on the factors we considered in making the appointment decisions: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Nominations#Factors_considered_in_Board_decision_on_FDC_member_app

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board decision on FDC member appointments

2014-07-14 Thread Anasuya Sengupta
Adding my voice of appreciation to the outgoing members - Anders, Arjuna, Mike and Yuri - for the extraordinary commitment and energy it took to get this inaugural FDC off the ground, and functioning as well as it has been. The Advisory Group's unanimous endorsement of the FDC is no little measure

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board decision on FDC member appointments

2014-07-14 Thread Arjuna Rao Chavala
Hi, On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Patricio Lorente < patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear friends: > > We are pleased to inform you that the WMF Board of Trustees has come to a > decision about which four candidates to appoint to the FDC. It wasn't easy; > as is evident from the nomina

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board decision on FDC member appointments

2014-07-12 Thread Dariusz Jemielniak
welcome on board :) I'm glad to see that all nominated members are heavily engaged and experienced. I would like to second Patricio's appreciation of stepping down members, who helped shape the FDC as it is now, dedicated hundreds of hours of time to the process, and made it possible. best, dariu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board decision on FDC member appointments

2014-07-11 Thread Cristian Consonni
Il 11/lug/2014 22:07 "Patricio Lorente" ha scritto: > > Dear friends: > > We are pleased to inform you that the WMF Board of Trustees has come to a > decision about which four candidates to appoint to the FDC. It wasn't easy; > as is evident from the nominations, the caliber of the candidates was

[Wikimedia-l] Board decision on FDC member appointments

2014-07-11 Thread Patricio Lorente
Dear friends: We are pleased to inform you that the WMF Board of Trustees has come to a decision about which four candidates to appoint to the FDC. It wasn't easy; as is evident from the nominations, the caliber of the candidates was very high. The resolution is now published in https://wikimediaf