Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Patricio Lorente]

Dear friends:

Now that I am back home, I want to thank you all for your nice words. This
has been a long journey, but I believe that we finally arrived to a safe
place. I have a lot of confidence in Christophe and Maria, and of course,
in Katherine's leadership. Let's commit to support and help them in this
new phase in the Wikimedia Foundation's history.

Un fuerte abrazo,

 Patricio

El vie., 24 de jun. de 2016 a la(s) 05:59, Delphine Ménard <
notafi...@gmail.com> escribió:

> Patricio, many many thanks to you for having kept your cool during the
> hard times. Thanks to you and Frieda for services rendered, and on to
> time off from Wikimedia mandates (it's kinda cool, you'll see).
> Congratulations to Christophe and María.
>
> And hugs all around.
>
> :D
>
> Delphine
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Risker  wrote:
> > Thank you to Christophe and Nataliia for taking on these new and
> important
> > responsibilities.  And thanks to Christophe and Maria for taking on the
> > Chair and Vice Chair roles.
> >
> > I also extend my thanks to Patricio and Frieda for your service on the
> > board including the time that Patricio has served as Chair. Thank you as
> > well to Alice for her service as Vice Chair.
> >
> > Risker/Anne
> >
> > On 24 June 2016 at 09:49, Jan-Bart de Vreede 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Congratulations go to Christophe, and also thank you for making
> yourself a
> >> candidate. Your years of experience in the movement and personality are
> are
> >> great asset and we are lucky to have you. The good news is that you
> have a
> >> great organisation to support you in helping you do a good job!
> >>
> >> Like many others have said: thank you Patricio! I know from experience
> that
> >> this is 'at best' a tough job, and the past year has demanded a lot from
> >> you (and many others) Time to take a well deserved rest, and of course
> we
> >> will hopefully see you back contributing somewhere/somehow :)
> >>
> >> Many thanks to you both!
> >>
> >> Jan-Bart de Vreede
> >>
> >> On 23 June 2016 at 23:43:41, Johan Jönsson (jjons...@wikimedia.org)
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Thank you both, Patricio and Alice.
> >> >
> >> > //Johan Jönsson
> >> > --
> >> > Den 23 juni 2016 6:02 em skrev "Patricio Lorente" <
> >> > patricio.lore...@gmail.com>:
> >> >
> >> > Hello everyone,
> >> >
> >> > I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia
> >> Tymkiv
> >> > have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate Board-selected
> >> > members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia community,
> and
> >> in
> >> > their respective fields. I’m confident they will serve as excellent
> >> > contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can learn more
> >> > about them in an announcement we made in May:
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and
> >> María
> >> > Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long history
> of
> >> > involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership
> roles at
> >> > Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
> >> >
> >> > More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will
> join
> >> > me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them
> success in
> >> > their terms ahead.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role
> as
> >> > Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my
> time as
> >> > Chair.
> >> >
> >> > Patricio Lorente
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > About Christophe Henner
> >> >
> >> > Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
> >> > deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division, the
> >> > international digital media group headquartered in France.
> >> >
> >> > He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector,
> including
> >> > leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
> >> >
> >> > Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for
> more
> >> > than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
> >> >  and has remained an active Board member in
> >> > various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair
> and
> >> > Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the
> >> Board,
> >> > Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant period
> of
> >> > growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand,
> and
> >> > supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and
> vision
> >> > for the chapter.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > About Maria Sefidari
> >> >
> >> > Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and
> >> Citizenship
> >> > Master's degree program  of Rey Juan 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Delphine Ménard]

Patricio, many many thanks to you for having kept your cool during the
hard times. Thanks to you and Frieda for services rendered, and on to
time off from Wikimedia mandates (it's kinda cool, you'll see).
Congratulations to Christophe and María.

And hugs all around.

:D

Delphine

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Risker  wrote:
> Thank you to Christophe and Nataliia for taking on these new and important
> responsibilities.  And thanks to Christophe and Maria for taking on the
> Chair and Vice Chair roles.
>
> I also extend my thanks to Patricio and Frieda for your service on the
> board including the time that Patricio has served as Chair. Thank you as
> well to Alice for her service as Vice Chair.
>
> Risker/Anne
>
> On 24 June 2016 at 09:49, Jan-Bart de Vreede 
> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations go to Christophe, and also thank you for making yourself a
>> candidate. Your years of experience in the movement and personality are are
>> great asset and we are lucky to have you. The good news is that you have a
>> great organisation to support you in helping you do a good job!
>>
>> Like many others have said: thank you Patricio! I know from experience that
>> this is 'at best' a tough job, and the past year has demanded a lot from
>> you (and many others) Time to take a well deserved rest, and of course we
>> will hopefully see you back contributing somewhere/somehow :)
>>
>> Many thanks to you both!
>>
>> Jan-Bart de Vreede
>>
>> On 23 June 2016 at 23:43:41, Johan Jönsson (jjons...@wikimedia.org) wrote:
>>
>> > Thank you both, Patricio and Alice.
>> >
>> > //Johan Jönsson
>> > --
>> > Den 23 juni 2016 6:02 em skrev "Patricio Lorente" <
>> > patricio.lore...@gmail.com>:
>> >
>> > Hello everyone,
>> >
>> > I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia
>> Tymkiv
>> > have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate Board-selected
>> > members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia community, and
>> in
>> > their respective fields. I’m confident they will serve as excellent
>> > contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can learn more
>> > about them in an announcement we made in May:
>> >
>> >
>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/
>> >
>> >
>> > Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and
>> María
>> > Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long history of
>> > involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership roles at
>> > Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
>> >
>> > More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will join
>> > me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them success in
>> > their terms ahead.
>> >
>> >
>> > I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role as
>> > Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my time as
>> > Chair.
>> >
>> > Patricio Lorente
>> >
>> >
>> > About Christophe Henner
>> >
>> > Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
>> > deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division, the
>> > international digital media group headquartered in France.
>> >
>> > He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector, including
>> > leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
>> >
>> > Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for more
>> > than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
>> >  and has remained an active Board member in
>> > various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair and
>> > Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the
>> Board,
>> > Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant period of
>> > growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand, and
>> > supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and vision
>> > for the chapter.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > About Maria Sefidari
>> >
>> > Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and
>> Citizenship
>> > Master's degree program  of Rey Juan Carlos
>> University
>> >  at the
>> > MediaLab-Prado . María
>> > graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid
>> > , and
>> > later
>> > a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business faculty of
>> the
>> > same university.
>> >
>> >
>> > María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has
>> since
>> > served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. She was a
>> > founding member of Wikimedia España
>> >  and Wikimujeres
>> > Grupo de Usuarias 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Risker]

Thank you to Christophe and Nataliia for taking on these new and important
responsibilities.  And thanks to Christophe and Maria for taking on the
Chair and Vice Chair roles.

I also extend my thanks to Patricio and Frieda for your service on the
board including the time that Patricio has served as Chair. Thank you as
well to Alice for her service as Vice Chair.

Risker/Anne

On 24 June 2016 at 09:49, Jan-Bart de Vreede 
wrote:

> Congratulations go to Christophe, and also thank you for making yourself a
> candidate. Your years of experience in the movement and personality are are
> great asset and we are lucky to have you. The good news is that you have a
> great organisation to support you in helping you do a good job!
>
> Like many others have said: thank you Patricio! I know from experience that
> this is 'at best' a tough job, and the past year has demanded a lot from
> you (and many others) Time to take a well deserved rest, and of course we
> will hopefully see you back contributing somewhere/somehow :)
>
> Many thanks to you both!
>
> Jan-Bart de Vreede
>
> On 23 June 2016 at 23:43:41, Johan Jönsson (jjons...@wikimedia.org) wrote:
>
> > Thank you both, Patricio and Alice.
> >
> > //Johan Jönsson
> > --
> > Den 23 juni 2016 6:02 em skrev "Patricio Lorente" <
> > patricio.lore...@gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia
> Tymkiv
> > have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate Board-selected
> > members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia community, and
> in
> > their respective fields. I’m confident they will serve as excellent
> > contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can learn more
> > about them in an announcement we made in May:
> >
> >
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/
> >
> >
> > Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and
> María
> > Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long history of
> > involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership roles at
> > Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
> >
> > More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will join
> > me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them success in
> > their terms ahead.
> >
> >
> > I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role as
> > Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my time as
> > Chair.
> >
> > Patricio Lorente
> >
> >
> > About Christophe Henner
> >
> > Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
> > deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division, the
> > international digital media group headquartered in France.
> >
> > He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector, including
> > leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
> >
> > Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for more
> > than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
> >  and has remained an active Board member in
> > various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair and
> > Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the
> Board,
> > Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant period of
> > growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand, and
> > supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and vision
> > for the chapter.
> >
> >
> >
> > About Maria Sefidari
> >
> > Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and
> Citizenship
> > Master's degree program  of Rey Juan Carlos
> University
> >  at the
> > MediaLab-Prado . María
> > graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid
> > , and
> > later
> > a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business faculty of
> the
> > same university.
> >
> >
> > María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has
> since
> > served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. She was a
> > founding member of Wikimedia España
> >  and Wikimujeres
> > Grupo de Usuarias , and
> also
> > created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject
> > . She has served on
> > several Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations
> >  and Individual
> > Engagement Grants 
> committees.
> > In her time on the Affiliations committee, María served as the first
> > Treasu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Jan-Bart de Vreede]

Congratulations go to Christophe, and also thank you for making yourself a
candidate. Your years of experience in the movement and personality are are
great asset and we are lucky to have you. The good news is that you have a
great organisation to support you in helping you do a good job!

Like many others have said: thank you Patricio! I know from experience that
this is 'at best' a tough job, and the past year has demanded a lot from
you (and many others) Time to take a well deserved rest, and of course we
will hopefully see you back contributing somewhere/somehow :)

Many thanks to you both!

Jan-Bart de Vreede

On 23 June 2016 at 23:43:41, Johan Jönsson (jjons...@wikimedia.org) wrote:

> Thank you both, Patricio and Alice.
>
> //Johan Jönsson
> --
> Den 23 juni 2016 6:02 em skrev "Patricio Lorente" <
> patricio.lore...@gmail.com>:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia Tymkiv
> have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate Board-selected
> members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia community, and in
> their respective fields. I’m confident they will serve as excellent
> contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can learn more
> about them in an announcement we made in May:
>
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/
>
>
> Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and María
> Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long history of
> involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership roles at
> Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
>
> More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will join
> me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them success in
> their terms ahead.
>
>
> I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role as
> Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my time as
> Chair.
>
> Patricio Lorente
>
>
> About Christophe Henner
>
> Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
> deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division, the
> international digital media group headquartered in France.
>
> He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector, including
> leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
>
> Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for more
> than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
>  and has remained an active Board member in
> various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair and
> Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the Board,
> Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant period of
> growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand, and
> supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and vision
> for the chapter.
>
>
>
> About Maria Sefidari
>
> Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and Citizenship
> Master's degree program  of Rey Juan Carlos University
>  at the
> MediaLab-Prado . María
> graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid
> , and
> later
> a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business faculty of the
> same university.
>
>
> María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has since
> served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. She was a
> founding member of Wikimedia España
>  and Wikimujeres
> Grupo de Usuarias , and also
> created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject
> . She has served on
> several Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations
>  and Individual
> Engagement Grants  committees.
> In her time on the Affiliations committee, María served as the first
> Treasurer of the committee, effectively overseeing and monitoring
> disbursement of the committee's budget. Maria served a prior term on the
> Wikimedia Foundation board from 2013 to 2015.
>
>
>
> About Nataliia Tymkiv
>
> Nataliia currently serves as Financial Director of the Centre for Democracy
> and Rule of Law, a Ukrainian media policy and human rights nonprofit.
> Nataliia has a Masters degree in Public Administration and a Specialist
> degree in Records Management and Information Activities.
>
> She has in-depth experience in executive leadership and financial
> management. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia
> work

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Johan Jönsson]

Thank you both, Patricio and Alice.

//Johan Jönsson
--
Den 23 juni 2016 6:02 em skrev "Patricio Lorente" <
patricio.lore...@gmail.com>:

Hello everyone,

I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia Tymkiv
have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate Board-selected
members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia community, and in
their respective fields. I’m confident they will serve as excellent
contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can learn more
about them in an announcement we made in May:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/


Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and María
Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long history of
involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership roles at
Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.

More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will join
me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them success in
their terms ahead.


I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role as
Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my time as
Chair.

Patricio Lorente


About Christophe Henner

Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division, the
international digital media group headquartered in France.

He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector, including
leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.

Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for more
than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
 and has remained an active Board member in
various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair and
Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the Board,
Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant period of
growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand, and
supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and vision
for the chapter.



About Maria Sefidari

Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and Citizenship
Master's degree program  of Rey Juan Carlos University
 at the
MediaLab-Prado . María
graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid
, and later
a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business faculty of the
same university.


María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has since
served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. She was a
founding member of Wikimedia España
 and Wikimujeres
Grupo de Usuarias , and also
created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject
. She has served on
several Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations
 and Individual
Engagement Grants  committees.
In her time on the Affiliations committee, María served as the first
Treasurer of the committee, effectively overseeing and monitoring
disbursement of the committee's budget. Maria served a prior term on the
Wikimedia Foundation board from 2013 to 2015.



About Nataliia Tymkiv

Nataliia currently serves as Financial Director of the Centre for Democracy
and Rule of Law, a Ukrainian media policy and human rights nonprofit.
Nataliia has a Masters degree in Public Administration and a Specialist
degree in Records Management and Information Activities.

She has in-depth experience in executive leadership and financial
management. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia
worked at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction
company. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia worked
at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction company. On
the Wikimedia projects, she’s been an active contributor since 2011, and
shortly after became an administrator of Ukrainian Wikipedia
. She has also been a
member of the Wikimedia Ukraine  community
for nearly four years, and has served as the chapter’s Board Treasurer,
Vice Chair, and volunteer Executive Director.
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