Yay for Wikimedia Canada. Congratulations to the new board, happy to see all this diversity.
Camelia On Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 11:00 PM Alex Stinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations! Also really exciting to see a lot of folks who have come > through Library and GLAM outreach joining the board. > > Alex > > On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 3:35 PM Jean-Philippe Béland < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Good day all, > > > > Wikimedia Canada held its Annual General Meeting 2019 [1] on 19 October > in > > Montreal, Quebec with online participation as well. > > > > We would like to introduce you 4 newly elected Board members and one > > re-elected Board member: > > - Amber Berson > > - Jean-Michel Lapointe > > - Lëa-Kim Chateauneuf > > - Sarah Severson > > - Stacy Allison-Cassin > > > > The following 3 Board members are continuing their 2-years terms until > next > > year: > > - Benoit Rochon > > - Ha-Loan Phan > > - Michael David Miller > > > > Wikimedia Canada is proud to have a majority of women on its Board. We > > believe that we are the only Wikimedia chapter in this situation, please > > correct me if I'm wrong. We are also happy to welcome a member of the > Board > > from Western Canada. We are convinced that this will help us to increase > > the diversity of contributors on Wikimedia projects from Canada, > especially > > in regards to the gender gap, and to expand Wikimedia Canada's activities > > and reach across all of Canada. > > > > The Board will elect its new Executive Committee [2], including its > > President, at its next meeting on 4 November 2019. > > > > If you have any questions about Wikimedia Canada, do not hesitate to use > > the main talk page on our wiki [3] or to send me an email directly. > > > > Wikimedia Canada would like to thank all members that participated at the > > AGM and all the volunteers of the Wikimedia movement in Canada for their > > contributions. If you would like to stay updated about Wikimedia Canada, > > please join our mailing list [4] or visit our wiki [5]. > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Jean-Philippe Béland > > > > Institutional Advancement Manager, Wikimedia Canada > > > > > > [1] https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meeting_2019 > > [2] https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Executive_Committee > > [3] https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_talk:Discussions > > [4] https://discussions.wikimedia.ca/lists/listinfo/general > > [5] https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> > > > > -- > Alex Stinson > Senior Program Strategist > Wikimedia Foundation > Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads > > Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other > Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM > _______________________________________________ > 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>
