Welcome Jan! > Dear all, > > I am delighted to announce the expansion of the Wikimedia Foundation's > Community Advocacy team to include our newest hire, Jan Eissfeldt, whose > work will be focused on the German and Spanish language sites. Jan, who > made his first contributions to the German language Wikipedia in early > 2004 > and works on modern philosophers on the Spanish language project, will > help > us with his specialized academic background. Jan holds a German BA in > social science and philosophy with an intercultural profile. His main > theme - carried over into MA studies - is argumentation theory. This > combination of being rooted in the editing community and providing > analytical skills will help us to better understand the German and Spanish > projects, and to serve our non-English language communities in general. > English language folks might have come across his name during 2012 as he > edited the Signpost's feature News & Notes. > > The community advocacy team, you may recall, is an attempt to shore up the > Foundation's knowledge of non-English speaking projects, and facilitates > strategic change by providing knowledge and skills about communities that > the Foundation increasingly interacts with through the Engineering team's > frequent technical improvements, through grant-making, our legal work, and > the other activities of the Foundation. In our attempts to learn more > about these communities, get their input during the formation of > initiatives, and figure out how best to deliver initiatives to them, Jan > will be joined by one more hire (soon to be announced, I hope). > > Jan will work from his home in Germany, will report to me, and will also > work closely with Maggie, who will serve as his mentor and will help to > organize and lead our community advocates as they are hired. > > Please welcome Jan to the Foundation, though he's been a part of the > movement for years! > > pb > ___________________ > Philippe Beaudette > Director, Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > 415-839-6885, x 6643 > > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >
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