> Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 18:06:48 +0100 > From: Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia developers <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] [Announcement] James Forrester > joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst > Message-ID: > <caltqcccacjzo5zucp4m-uwdyfdwd4zwy4ow7nyfg-oowvuw...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > James, you're emigrating? I never thought I'd see that... > > Congratulations, traitor! > > On 17 May 2012 17:52, Howie Fung <[email protected]> wrote: > > Everyone, > > > > It?s my pleasure to announce that James Forrester is joining our San > > Francisco office as a Technical Product Analyst, supporting the Visual > > Editor team. James started his work as a remote contractor yesterday > > and will be joining us in San Francisco later this year as a staff > > member. > > > > James will help prioritize the short term and long term work log on > > the Visual Editor, conduct user research, and incorporate community > > feedback into the development process. > > > > As many of you know, James is a long-time Wikimedian. He started > > contributing to English Wikipedia in October 2002, and was a founding > > member of their Arbitration Committee. He was also the movement?s > > volunteer Chief Research Officer, helping shepherd the predecessor of > > what is today the Research Committee, has for years been the > > ?gopher-in-chief? at the Wikimania community conferences, and helped > > found Wikimedia UK in 2005. > > > > James joins us following a successful career in the UK government, > > where he implemented key open access and open government initiatives. > > Most recently, he was the acting Head of data.gov.uk, and then the > > Digital Engagement Policy Lead in the Government Digital Service, both > > at the Cabinet Office. James holds a Masters of Engineering in > > Computer Science from the University of Warwick. > > > > Beyond technology, James has strong interests in international > > politics, physics, communications, economics, law, the constitutional > > history of Britain, and education. > > > > Please join me in welcoming James! > > > > Howie > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 10:14:05 -0700 > From: Michael Snow <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] [Announcement] James Forrester > joins WMF as Technical Product Analyst > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 5/17/2012 10:06 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > > James, you're emigrating? I never thought I'd see that... > > > > Congratulations, traitor! > Just wait until he starts speaking like an uhmurricun, I mean American. > > --Michael Snow > > End of Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 98, Issue 37 > ******************************************* >
I was wondering why his hair was getting longer. Congratulations to our newest surfer dude! WSC _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
