Lots of good news with medicine and wiki lately! - Wikimedia Medicine is established at the chapter rank! - stable leadership and membership in the organization for years! - lots of medicine + wiki + university partnerships! - ongoing medical content programs! - people are enjoying! - 20% of the Wikimedia Foundation board of Trustees are highly engaged in medicine
On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 12:36 AM Rajeeb Dutta <marajoz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congrats Shani & Doug Taylor and all my best wishes for your upcoming > future endeavour. > > Best Regards, > Rajeeb Dutta. > (U: Marajozkee) > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 13-Aug-2019, at 4:43 AM, Shani Evenstein <shani.e...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > > > If you've seen my post yesterday then you might have expected this this > > announcement as well; if you haven't -- 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 Wikimedia Medicine (a.k.a. > > WikiProject Medicine Foundation). This means a new vacancy in the board > has > > to be filled and a new Chair must be appointed. > > > > I'm happy to report that in an online board meeting earlier this month > the > > board chose *Doug Taylor* to serve as the new Chair for our newly > approved > > Thematic Organization. Doug has been part of WikiProject Medicine for > years > > now and has diligently served as the group's formal secretary. Doug not > > only has the institutional memory of the organization, but has actively > > taken part in a variety related activities in the UK and in collaboration > > with other countries. Doug also brings management skills to the board, > > experience from the board of Wikimedia UK, as well as a deep > understanding > > of the movement as a whole, which I have no doubt will allow the > > organization to grow and expand its activities around the world. > > > > As Doug transitions into his new position as Chair, *Dr. Stuart Ray* will > > be supporting him as Vice Chair and continue to serve as co-treasurer, > and > > *Mossab* will continue to serve as Membership Admin. A new secretary will > > be appointed soon, hopefully during the board's in-person meeting at > > Wikimania. The board will also soon co-opt a new board member to fill out > > the vacant spot, till the next election in 2022. > > > > I'll remain involved in the organization as an 'adviser to the board' and > > look forward to seeing this Thematic Organization grow, as well as to > > continue contributing to medical-related topics as a volunteer and > lecturer > > at the Tel Aviv University. > > > > 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: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?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: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 l...@bluerasberry.com _______________________________________________ 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: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
