Welcome Chris ! It's good to see a community liaison coming from a slightly different background and I hope to see you around !
DJ On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Quim Gil <[email protected]> wrote: > I am pleased to announce that Chris Koerner has joined the Wikimedia > Foundation as Community Liaison on the Technical Collaboration team > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Technical_Collaboration>. His main > responsibility is to support community engagement activities for projects > led by the Discovery team > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Discovery>. > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CKoerner_(WMF) > > Chris started his approach to the Wikimedia movement as administrator of a > third party MediaWiki’s. He will be working remotely from Saint Louis, MO > (USA). Here is an introduction in his own words: > > "I've been a MediaWiki fan since 2011, having used it inside a large > healthcare organization to share knowledge among co-workers. From there I > fell into the the larger Wikimedia rabbit hole and haven't looked back. I'm > active in the MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group>, a user > group of third-party MediaWiki administrators, developers, and users who > advocate for using MediaWiki. I also edit from time to time on the English > Wikipedia. > > I've always loved technology and people. There's nothing like the feeling > of sitting next to someone as they discover how they can use a bit of > technology to solve a need. I've worked in desktop support, web > development, marketing, and healthcare IT throughout my career. All along > the way I've valued communication and transparency and love to encourage > others to get involved. > > I'm an enthusiast photographer, a person who enjoys board and video games, > and a total nerd who rides a motorcycle. Meaning, the bike looks cool, but > not me." > > Please join me in welcoming Chris! > > -- > Quim Gil > Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
