Thank you Alex. Indeed we also have a majority of librarians on our Board with 5 of them.
JP On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 5:00 PM Alex Stinson <astin...@wikimedia.org> 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 < > jpbel...@wikimedia.ca> 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: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?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 > _______________________________________________ > Affiliates mailing list > affilia...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/affiliates > _______________________________________________ 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>
