Congratulations all :) --- Kevin Gorman
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury <[email protected]>wrote: > Congratulations all & good luck.. > > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:29 AM, Steven Zhang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Congratulations to you all, and good luck. I'm sure you will all do a > > great job! > > > > Steven Zhang > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On 20/06/2013, at 4:04 am, Philippe Beaudette <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > Howie and I are pleased to announce the onboarding of four new > community > > > liaisons for the product team. Howie has generously allowed me to send > > > this email, since their initial tasking will be to VisualEditor and the > > > Change Management team, working with me. At the conclusion of the > > > deployment of VisualEditor, they will be assigned as community liaisons > > to > > > other groups within the product team. > > > > > > Please welcome four new contractors: Erica Litrenta, Sherry Snyder, > > > Patrick Earley, and (a returning face) Keegan Peterzell. > > > > > > These positions are temporary, contract-based positions, each with an > > > initial term of roughly 90 days. Below, I've pasted below a brief > > summary > > > of each of the four so that you can get to know them. I know you'll > join > > > me in wishing them the best with their new work! > > > pb > > > > > > ___________________ > > > Philippe Beaudette > > > Director, Community Advocacy > > > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > > > > > > > > > > > *Erica / Elitre* > > > Erica will be initially primarily tasked with supporting the deployment > > on > > > Italian Wikipedia, but will also be helping out with other wikis as > well. > > > She edits as User:Elitre <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Elitre> > > on > > > the Italian Wikipedia. Born and raised in Cosenza, Italy, she > graduated > > > from Università della Calabria (with a Master's degree in Foreign > > Languages > > > and Literature), and now lives in Bologna. Her favorite work > experience > > so > > > far was last year with lettera27 Foundation, where she wrote case > studies > > > for the WikiAfrica/Share Your Knowledge projects (go GLAMs!) and hunted > > for > > > more free contents and institutions to involve (She's been involved > with > > > the Wikimedia Movement and has evangelized about our projects since > > 2005). > > > She's fond of: playing life/construction and management videogames, > > taking > > > pictures, making cheesecakes, studying and writing about Italian > > folklore - > > > notably the Palio di Siena, listening to symphonic metal/rock. > > > > > > She's in a romantic relationship with OTRS (yes, you read that right - > > she > > > was once dubbed "romantic and dreadful" because of this) since 2006 > > which, > > > she points out, is longer than her relationship with her boyfriend: she > > met > > > him later. > > > > > > > > > *Sherry / WhatamIdoing* > > > Some of you know her well, if nothing else, for her descriptive > username > > (" > > > WhatamIdoing <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WhatamIdoing>"). She > > > writes: > > > > > > *My name is Sherry Snyder, better known as "WhatamIdoing" on several > > > English-speaking projects. My culinary quest for the summer is a > > low-sugar > > > chocolate peanut butter, which those of you with European tendencies > > should > > > interpret as "like Nutella, only better." (In response to this, my > > husband > > > says, "POV-inline, dubious - discuss?") I've been a Wikipedian since > > > 2007. I am a metapedian by nature and a typo fixer by compulsion. I'm > > > still a little amazed that the WMF hired me for this project and happy > to > > > be joining the team that is trying to make the transition to > VisualEditor > > > be more successful and less surprising. > > > * > > > > > > Sherry will be supporting the deployment on the English Wikipedia and > > > non-English speaking projects to be assigned still. She was a huge > help > > > during the development of the Terms of Use, and I'm looking forward to > > > working with her. > > > > > > > > > *Patrick / The Interior* > > > Patrick is from Kamloops, British Columbia (yes, another Canadian!), a > > > logging and cattle town in the Interior of the province. He edits > enwiki > > > as "The Interior <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:The_Interior>". > He > > > has studied library science and film, and has worked a variety of > > > interesting jobs so far, including wildland firefighting, documentary > > > filmmaking, treeplanting, sorting books at a second hand store, > > > cataloguing, screenwriting, teaching English in Taiwan and, now, > liaising > > > for the WMF! He currently lives in Vancouver in the aptly named Mount > > > Pleasant neighbourhood. He wishes to point out that he uses Canadian > > > spelling. :P > > > > > > Patrick has been a Wikipedia editor since 2008. He loves working on > > > geography and both natural and human history. He has worked with the > > > Education Program, hopes to be more involved in GLAM projects in the > > > future, and is very interested in the Wikipedia/library interface. > > Patrick > > > will be focused on non-English speaking wikis. > > > > > > *Keegan* > > > Some of you will remember that > > > Keegan<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan> previously > > > worked with us on the 2010 Fundraiser. He has been editing since > 2005, > > > and has a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of > > > Tennessee-Chattanooga. An English Wikipedia administrator, > oversighter, > > > and CheckUser, he served a year-long appointment to the audit > > subcommittee > > > for 2011-2012. > > > > > > Globally he is a volunteer response team leader (OTRS admin) and member > > of > > > the Communications committee. > > > > > > He says that he's not an article writer, so he tries to give back in > > other > > > ways. Keegan will be reprising his role from the 2010 fundraiser, where > > he > > > was a workhorse in communicating with non-English wikis. > > > ___________________ > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > > > -- > * > > Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
