P.S. Meant to include Abhishek's email, in case you'd like to touch base with him on events as well; he's at [email protected]
cheers, Maia On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Maia Weinstock <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Hope you all are doing well. It's been a busy year for many of us, and > group meetings and events have unfortunately been less frequent than in > recent years. I know there are many who are active with Wikipedia and > related projects and wanting to meet up more regularly, however. > > With that in mind, I'd like to introduce Abhishek Suryawanshi > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AbhiSuryawanshi>, an editor and > community leader who has offered to help lead meetings and events in the > coming year. Abhishek is a student and longtime Wikimedia contributor who > has expressed interest in rallying the troops in our area. He has offered > to organize, for starters, a 15th anniversary Wikipedia celebration in > mid-January, with details coming soon. I will be adding Abhishek as a > moderator to our Meetup.com group and Facebook page, where events will be > broadcast, along with links to their Wikipedia event pages. > > In other news: Congrats to Molly White for her re-election > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2015#Results> > to a new 2-year term on the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee! Molly will be > stepping back in terms of NE Wikimedians events leadership, leaving myself > and Amanda Rust as contacts for group meetings at present. Note, however, > that it is my intention to step away from a leadership position by June > 1st, 2016. As such, I'd like to take this opportunity to invite anyone who > is interested in volunteering time as a leader for the New England > Wikimedians to please get in touch! > > In the meantime, I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and a > happy new year. I or Abhishek will reach out soon with details as to our > January gathering. > > best, > Maia > > maiaw.com | @20tauri <http://twitter.com/20tauri> | user:Girona7 > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Girona7> >
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