Congratulations to Larissa and Raimond. On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 at 11:15, Alice Wiegand <alice.wieg...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
> Dear fellow Wikimedians, > > > I am happy to announce that the Wikimedia Deutschland supervisory board > has appointed Larissa Borcka and Raimond Spekking as additional members to > the board. > > > Larissa is committed to the digital development of cultural institutions. > As curator of digital development for the S?rmlands museum in Sweden, she > is responsible for digitisation projects and cooperation with Wikipedia and > Wikimedia Commons. On the board, she will bring the perspective of cultural > institutions to Wikimedia projects such as Wikidata and Wikibase. Raimond has > been a Wikipedian and a Commons photographer for many years, is active in > the Volunteer Response Team and continues to develop the MediaWiki > software. On our board, he strives to strengthen the community's > perspective and contribute his expertise at the interface between content > creation and technology. > > > Both will be full members of the board until the next board elections at > the general assembly in mid-2024 and we are very much looking forward to > working with them. > > > The Wikimedia Deutschland board consists of up to 9 members > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland>. Seven members > are elected by the general assembly for a two-year term. After the > election, the seven board members can appoint up to two additional members > to the board. To complement the competences of the board after the > elections in May, we were looking for two specific profiles: One in the > field of "active Wikipedians"; a person who contributes content to > Wikipedia and thus additionally strengthens this perspective in discussions > and decisions. And one in the field of ?technology / open structured data?; > a person with expertise and a feel for the developments and opportunities > of open structured data in the digital ecosystem, ideally with expertise in > Wikidata and Wikibase. I am delighted that with Larissa and Raimond we were > able to attract two people with a lot of experience and passion for free > knowledge to join our supervisory board. > > > Please join me in welcoming Larissa and Raimond! > > > Alice. > > > Alice Wiegand > Chair of the Supervisory Board > Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/Tempelhofer+Ufer+23-24+%7C+10963+Berlin?entry=gmail&source=g> > Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 > > https://wikimedia.de > > Keep up to date! Current news and exciting stories about Wikimedia, > Wikipedia and Free Knowledge in our newsletter (in German): Subscribe now. > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. Help us to achieve our vision! > https://spenden.wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland ? Gesellschaft zur Fo?rderung Freien Wissens e. > V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg > unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnu?tzig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt > fu?r Ko?rperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XV3OTJR34CEXN66KCFNKDL5UJ4HGRNCE/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Best regards, James Popoola President, Wikimedia Fan Club University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria Co-founder, Wiki Loves SDGs Nigeria & TCD Africa Instagram <http://instagram.com/TheJamesPopoola> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/jamespopoola247> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/TheJamesPopoola> | Linkedin <http://linkedin.com/in/JamesPopoola>
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