> > I am happy to announce that effective today, Stephen LaPorte is joining > the Foundation as legal counsel in the Legal and Community Advocacy team! > Stephen has been interning with us for a semester, and we're thrilled that > he's staying onboard. We went through a very competitive interview process > and he was by far the best candidate for the role. One of the criteria for > this role was that the candidate be a Wikimedian, and Stephen fits that > neatly. *As a volunteer, he enjoys de-orphaning articles and cleaning up > dead-end pages on the English Wikipedia. He also proofreads on the English > Wikisource. He started contributing to Wikipedia in 2008 after working on > [[w:Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve]] for a class project.* > > You'll have the chance to meet him at the Berlin Hack-a-thon, or at > Wikimania this summer. *A little bit of background on Stephen: he > studied English and Latin at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and law at > the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He is interested > in copyright, privacy, and trademark law. During law school, he worked on > the Hastings Communication and Entertainment Law Journal.* > > Stephen will be helping out with contracts, content/community > questions/issues, trademark approvals & licensing, trademark enforcement, > and other general matters that come up for lawyers. Stephen will report to > me. > > This was an extremely competitive process, and we're very lucky to have > him join us. >
Kind Regards, Kelly -- Kelly Kay Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation <http://walk.avonfoundation.org/site/TR?px=6370274&pg=personal&fr_id=2173&s_src=BF_emailbadge> <http://walk.avonfoundation.org/site/TR?px=6370274&pg=personal&fr_id=2173&s_src=BF_emailbadge>
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