Dear all, It has been an honor to be a member of the Board, and I hope you will join me in welcoming Alice and Patricio.
And, I am very pleased to have Bishakha appointed as the new secretary -- you can expect to see notes on our meeting coming from her. Thank you, and see you around the wikis -- Phoebe On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Matthew Roth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > Please find a press release from the Wikimedia Foundation announcing Board > of Trustees election results and welcoming Alice Wiegand and Patricio > Lorente to the Board. > > thanks, > Matthew > > -- > Matthew Roth > Global Communications > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > (This release is also posted at > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/WMF_Board_Election_July_2012 > ) > > *Wikimedia Foundation Announces 2012-13 Board of Trustees and Elected > Officers at Wikimania in Washington DC* > > Washington, DC -- July 12, 2012-- The Wikimedia Foundation today announced > recent appointments and elected officers for the 2012-13 Board of Trustees. > Every year at Wikimania, the annual gathering of Wikimedia contributors > from around the world, the Wikimedia Board appoints its officers for the > coming year, and this year’s appointments were announced in Washington, DC. > > This year, Kat Walsh was appointed Chair of the Board, Jan-Bart de Vreede > was re-appointed Vice-chair, Stuart West was re-appointed as Board > Treasurer and Bishaka Dhatta becomes Board Secretary. The Board expressed > its great thanks to former Board Chair Ting Chen, as well as outgoing > trustees Arne Klempert and Phoebe Ayers. Their leadership has strengthened > and nurtured the growth of the worldwide Wikimedia movement. > > "I am honored to have been chosen to chair the Board in the coming year,” > said Kat Walsh, Chairman of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. “I > want to thank Ting Chen for his service in his period as Chair, and I look > forward to working closely with him as I take on this new role. It's an > important time in the history of the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedia > movement: I look forward to leading the Board in the year ahead." > > “It’s been a pleasure to serve the Wikimedia movement as Chair of the Board > of Trustees,” said Ting Chen. “Since I took on the role of Chair we’ve > worked with our global community and the Foundation to introduce an > ambitious five-year plan to increase the diversity and overall population > of our community, while also establishing long-term financial plans to > ensure sustainability for our movement and our projects. Our Board has > matured and strengthened, and I’m proud of the tireless work of my > colleagues.” > > There are 10 seats on the Board and according to the Foundation's bylaws, > three members are elected by the Wikimedia community, two are selected by > the Wikimedia chapters, the Founder seat is held by Jimmy Wales, and four > members are appointed by the Board itself to provide additional, specific > expertise. > > The Foundation is happy to welcome its two newest members of the Board, > Patricio Lorente and Alice Wiegand, who were elected to the Board by the > Wikimedia chapters in May 2012. The chapters seat selection process was > created in April 2008, in order to demonstrate the Board's commitment to > the chapters as an important player in the fulfillment of the Wikimedia > mission. > > Patricio Lorente is the former President of Wikimedia Argentina. He has > worked as Project Manager of the Association for Social Development in > Argentina and he currently serves as General ProSecretary of the National > University of La Plata. Alice Wiegand is personal aide to the Mayor of > Meerbusch, Germany. She has recently begun her Master’s studies in Public > Policy and Governance. > > *The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees for 2012-2013:* > *Kat Walsh, Board Chair (current term until July 2013) > *Jan-Bart de Vreede, Vice Chair (current term until December 2013) > *Stuart West, Treasurer (current term until December 2013) > *Bishakha Datta, Secretary (current term until December 2012) > *Jimmy Wales, FounderTing Chen (current term until 2013) > *Samuel Klein (current term until July 2013) > *Matt Halprin (current term until December 2012) > *Alice Wiegand (current term until July 2014) > *Patricio Lorente (current term until July 2014) > > *About Wikimania* > http://wikimania.org > > Wikimania 2012 is being held in Washington, DC, USA, where more than 1000 > Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia advocates, researchers and educators from > 87 countries are in attendance. The previous Wikimanias were held in > Frankfurt, Germany (2005), Cambridge, USA (2006), Taipei, Taiwan (2007), > Alexandria, Egypt (2008), Buenos Aires, Argentina (2009), Gdańsk, Poland > (2010), and Haifa, Israel (2011). > > *About the Wikimedia Foundation* > http://wikimediafoundation.org > http://blog.wikimedia.org > > The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates > Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, > Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation > receive more than 492 million unique visitors per month, making them the > fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, May 2012). Available > in 285 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 22 million articles > contributed by a global volunteer community of more than 85,000 people. > Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, > 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. > > *Press contact * > Jay Walsh > Head of Communications > Wikimedia Foundation > Tel. +1 415-860-8166 > jwalshwikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com * _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
