Welcome! On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Guillaume Paumier <[email protected]>wrote:
> Of interest to the wikimania-l crowd. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Siko Bouterse <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:24 PM > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator > To: [email protected], Ellie Young <[email protected]> > > > Hi all, > > Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of > Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1] > > As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been > spread across a variety of staff members who have other core > responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point of > contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to > ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where > help from WMF is needed. > > Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open > culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX > Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several > international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also > currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an > activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life. > > Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents helped > build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two > doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America > and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF > East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack. > > As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the > work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity > and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year. > She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working > from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to > hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her > anytime! > > Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and > interview candidates. > > Welcome, Ellie! > > [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ > [2] https://www.usenix.org > > -- > Siko Bouterse > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > [email protected] > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. > Donate or click the "edit" button today, and help us make it a reality! > > -- > Guillaume Paumier > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > -- Sincerely, Shujen Chang
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