Dear Bisakha, Congratulations!! Feels great to have another on board!! Regards, Srikanth
On 5 April 2010 13:04, Arun Ram <arunra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Bisakha, > > Warm welcome from all of us in India! > > Congratulations on your new appointment to the board of trustees of > Wikimedia foundation. > > Warm regards > Arun > > > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Achal Prabhala <aprabh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> In case you haven't seen the posting on Foundation-l, here is Michael >> Snow's message welcoming Bishakha Datta from India on to the board of >> trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. >> >> A warm welcome to you on the Wikimedia India mailing list, Bishakha - >> great to have you here. >> >> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-April/057537.html >> >> Text of message from Foundation-l: >> >> 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 number of great people and had a lot of support going through >> the process, and I want to thank everyone who participated. >> >> I hope everyone will warmly welcome Bishakha as part of our community. >> By way of background, Bishakha runs a nonprofit based in Mumbai that >> focuses on conveying women's perspectives in culture and the media. She >> also has been involved in other international nonprofit work, and her >> knowledge of India should be a great help to us as we move forward with >> the strategic plan. In general, her experience will be a wonderful asset >> and I think she is an ideal fit for the remaining board seat. >> >> In a bit of an ironic twist, Bishakha's organization is called Point of >> View, but rest assured that she understands and endorses the neutral >> point of view approach for Wikimedia projects. Her journalistic >> background means she appreciates the value of an objective presentation, >> and throughout our conversations with her it was clear that she supports >> our mission and values. >> >> We will have an official press release in the next day or so with some >> more information. I'm excited to be able to work with Bishakha, and I >> know that she is looking forward to being involved as well. >> >> --Michael Snow >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Regards, Srikanth. Sent from my Motorola SLVR L9.
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