Welcome, WMFR board members old and new! I join the particular appreciation for Rémi's long service.
A. On Oct 17, 2014 3:33 AM, "Benoît Evellin" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear movement fellows, > > Wikimedia France held its Annual General Meeting on October 11th, 2014. > > During this AGM, we elected 6 board members, of which 4 are new. > > Benjamin Smith and Rémi Mathis were not running for a new term. Wikimedia > France board is thanking them a lot for their dedication, energy, > thoughts, ideas and every single awesome thing they brought to the board > during their terms: > * Benjamin had been on the board for two years and a half, serving as > deputy treasurer then secretary. Among other awesome things, he had been > key in the recruitment process of our ED last year. > * Rémi had been on the board since 2009, and serving as chair since 2011. > He has been the public face of the chapter for many years − including our > fundraising banners in 2011 and 2012. He was named Wikipedian of the Year > by Jimmy Wales at Wikimania 2013 for reasons that shall not be named here. > > Of course, considering their overall awesomeness, we are not letting them > go anywhere ; they plan to remain active members of the chapter, and we as > board look forward to continuing working with them. > > Christophe Henner and Jean-Frédéric Berthelot were running again and were > reelected. As a reminder: > > * Christophe is 29, hardly needs introduction, currently lives in Aurillac > where he is Head of Marketing for the biggest French video game website > (top 3 in the World). He has been around in the movement forever, and at > the board of Wikimédia France for seven years − serving as vice chair since > 2012. His focus lies on the internal organisation and international > affairs. You may refer to his Wikidata item [[Q18219536]] for more > information. > > *Jean-Frédéric is 27, a research engineer in Lille (North) currently > relocating to London, UK. He is a dedicated Commonist, focusing on GLAM − > especially upload of collections to Wikimedia Commons − and Wiki Loves > Monuments. He has been serving as a board member since May 2012. His > interests lie in quality management and impact evaluation, coopeating & > sharing our awesomeness at the international level, and fostering Cuteness > in the Wikimedia movement. In his free time he enjoys geocaching, curating > commonscat.tumblr.comand baking pastries to his colleagues and chapter > fellows. > > Now, we would like you to welcome returning and new board members: > > * Sébastien Beyou is 28 and is living in Rennes (Brittany), PhD in applied > mathematics and now a self-employed Web developer. He edit(ed) French > Wikipédia from 2005 to 2011, and is a member of Wikimédia France since > 2007, mainly active in tech and communication topics. He was member of the > Board from 2011 to 2012 and served as deputy treasurer; in particular he > co-organised the Finance Meeting in February 2012, whose the discussion > there contributed to the creation of the FDC. During his free time, he > enjoys explaining Wikipedia to public and promoting (often surprising) > physical-life-actions linked to Wikipedia. > > * Pierre-Selim Huard is 31 and living in Toulouse. PhD in computer science > with a background in aeronautics, he works as a R&D engineer in green > aviation development. A rugby and photography lover, he is a dedicated > Commonist and OTRS agent. He is active in programmatic actions such as Wiki > Loves Monuments or local actions in Toulouse, and is thus one of the > craftsmen of our long-standing project with the Museum de Toulouse; he also > had been a board member of our organisation previously. As a board member, > his main focus are documentation, quality and evaluation. You may have had > the pleasure to meet him during one of the last three Wikimanias. > > * Samuel Le Goff is 40 and living in Paris. He works as a journalist, > former assistant of a MP for several years. His interests lie in > relationship with French authorities, and contributions to public > consultations, to expose Wikimédia positions in public debates in France > and European Union. > > * Benoît Prieur lives in Lyon where he is an engineer. He has a background > in computer science and sociology. He is a regular contributor on supported > projects and especially on Wikipedia (but not only!). He participates in > events supported by Wikimedia France and particulary likes editathons. > > Our board is now structured as follow: > * Christophe Henner, Chair > * Émeric Vallespi, Vice-chair > * Guillaume Goursat, Treasurer > * Sébastien Beyou, Deputy treasurer > * Benoît Évellin, Secretary > * Pierre-Selim Huard, Deputy secretary > * Jean-Frédéric Berthelot, Board member > * Alexis Marise Bique, Board member > * Léa Lacroix, Board member > * Samuel Le Goff, Board member > * Ludovic Péron, Board member > * Benoît Prieur, Board member > > Please welcome these newcomers and do not hesitate to join us in expressing > your > gratitude to our former board members! > > All the best, > Benoît > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
