Best of luck and congratulations to all you 🤩. Camelia on behalf of WikiDonne UG
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 2:33 AM Shani Evenstein <[email protected]> wrote: > A small correction to the new roles - Krishna is Secretary and Joao is the > membership admin. > *So the new roles are like so: * > Filip Maljkovic - Chair > Susanna Mkrtchyan (Սուսաննա Մկրտչյան) - Vice Chair > Krishna Chaitanya Velaga - *Secretary* > João Alexandre Peschanski - *Membership Admin* > LiAnna Davis - Treasurer > > > Shani. > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:16 AM Shani Evenstein <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > As some of you may know, I will soon be joining the Board of Trustees > > (August 15), and am therefore required to resign my formal role as Chair > of > > the Wikipedia & Education User Group. This means a new vacancy had to be > > filled in the board composition and a new Chair had to be appointed. > > > > I'm happy to report that in an online board meeting earlier this month > the > > board chose *Filip Maljkovic* to serve as the new Chair of the > > organization. > > > > As for filling up vacancies -- in addition to me leaving the board, > > another board member, *Ananth Subray, *has informed the board that due to > > other pressing obligations he will not be able to continue his role as a > > board member. Ananth has therefore resigned and will move to a position > of > > "Adviser to the Board". I'd like to take the opportunity to thank him for > > his service to the UG's growth in the passing year. > > > > With both me and Ananth leaving the board, 2 vacancies had to be filled. > > The board of the W&E UG has always been a working board, keeping it small > > but with highly involved members. In order to foster stability in the > > organization and an easy as possible transition, the board has chosen to > > co-opt 2 members from our UG that has always been involved and already > know > > the organization well - *João Alexandre Peschanski from Brazil, *who has > > served as an adviser to the board since the UG's approval, throughout the > > board election process and ever since; and *LiAnna Davis*, Chief Programs > > Officer and Deputy Director at *Wiki Education Foundation*, *from the > US*. > > As some may remember, LiAnna once worked for the Education team at the > WMF > > and was the one to initiate the creation of the Education Collaborative, > > which later evolved into our current UG. She has been involved in the > > different stages of our formation and knows well many of the relevant > > stakeholders. > > > > Both LiAnna & João were natural choices and bring to the board a wealth > > of experience running innovative EDUWiki initiatives. I have no doubt > they > > will both contribute to the continued growth of the organization, till > the > > next elections at the end of 2020. > > > > *Thus, the new Wikipedia & Education User Group **board composition is: * > > Filip Maljkovic - Chair > > Susanna Mkrtchyan - Vice Chair > > Krishna Chaitanya Velaga - Membership Admin > > João Alexandre Peschanski - Secretary > > LiAnna Davis - Treasurer > > > > To summarize, I feel very blessed to be leaving an even stronger board > and > > look forward to seeing how this organization evolves. I'll remain > involved > > as an 'adviser to the board' and will continue contributing to EDUWiki > > initiatives as a volunteer, educator, researcher and Open Education > > advocate. > > > > Best, > > Shani Evenstein. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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>
