Congrats to all re-elected! JP
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 11:30 AM Shani Evenstein <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the update, Christophe. Wishing the board a productive, > fruitful and smooth year! > > And Happy Wikimania, everyone, especially to all the Wikimedians who > couldn't make it this year. > So great that we have live-streaming this year (thanks again, Melody & > Eddie!) and can participate and support from all ends of the world. > > Best, > Shani. > > > On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 6:16 PM, Christophe Henner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > As is customary, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met right > > before Wikimania and appointed new trustees and elected its officers. > > > > This is a rare occasion as I will not need to write a farewell email. The > > two Board members that were finishing their terms, María and Dariusz, > were > > re-elected after the recent community election. And as of today, James > > Heilman has formally rejoined the Board of Trustees. > > > > Today the Board also elected the officer positions. I am pleased to > report > > that the Board has reiterated its trust in the current officers, and both > > María and I will continue serving as Vice Chair and Chair of the Board, > > respectively, for another year. > > > > It feels a little weird to write this email as there's not much change > from > > last year. But I believe that stability and continuity are more than > > welcome! > > > > So please, join me in "welcoming" María, Dariusz, and James as trustees > of > > the Wikimedia Foundation Board. > > > > María Sefidari began contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006 and > has > > since served in several roles across the Wikimedia movement. She was a > > founding member of Wikimedia España and Wikimujeres Grupo de Usuarias, > and > > she also helped create Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject. She has > served > > on several Foundation governance committees, including the Affiliations > and > > Individual Engagement Grants committees. María is a professor in the > > Digital Communications, Culture and Citizenship Master's degree program > of > > Rey Juan Carlos University at the MediaLab-Prado in Madrid, Spain. She > has > > previously served on the Board from August 2013 to July 2015, and most > > recently joined the Board once again in January 2016. She has been > selected > > for a second term which will conclude at Wikimania 2020. > > > > Dariusz Jemielniak has held a variety of roles on Wikimedia projects, > > including administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, steward and ombudsman. He > > served as the chair of the Wikimedia community’s Funds Dissemination > > Committee for three terms and is the author of “Common knowledge?: An > > Ethnography of Wikipedia.” Dariusz is a full professor of Management, the > > head of the Center for Research on Organizations and Workplaces, and a > > co-founder of the New Research on Digital Societies (NeRDS) group at > > Kozminski University. Dariusz has been re-appointed for a second term as > a > > Trustee after first joining the Board in July 2015. > > > > James Heilman, M.D., has helped to found both Wikimedia Canada and > > WikiProject Med Foundation. As an emergency physician in Cranbrook, > British > > Columbia, and a faculty member of emergency medicine at the University of > > British Columbia, James is an active member of the medical community on > > Wikimedia projects. James has also been involved in establishing > > collaborations with several organizations, including Translators Without > > Borders and the World Health Organization, to improve Wikimedia’s > coverage > > of medical content. James previously served on the Board of Trustees from > > July to December 2015. > > > > Christophe Henner has been a leader within the Wikimedia community for > more > > than 12 years. Prior to joining the Foundation Board in 2016, he served > as > > Board Chair of Wikimedia France, and had been a member of the chapter’s > > Board since 2007. During this time, he spent nearly three years in Vice > > Chair and Chair positions. Christophe is currently the Chief Operating > > Officer (COO) of the Blade Group, a cloud computing company headquartered > > in France. At Blade, Christophe is scaling up operations to support the > > company's transition from a start-up to a global company. > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [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 and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
