You are welcome Chris Koerner to WMF and have a great stay with us. Regards Alangi Derick Ndimnain
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Derk-Jan Hartman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
