That's definitely one of the best intro emails I've seen in a long time. Welcome Meg, we're really happy to have you on board!
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Meg Foulkes <meg.foul...@okfn.org> wrote: > Hi everyone: just a note to let you know that the evil cyber gremlins that > have been plaguing me lately have now officially gone, so I should be > receiving all mail OK. I thought I should say a little to introduce myself > properly, now I'm up and running! > > I'm very pleased to be here at OKFN. After studying English at Cambridge, I > temped in quite a random fashion for some time (most random, definitely,was > my time as administrator for a warehouse which dispatched reconditioned > artificial limbs for the NHS. I will never forget the enormous piles of arms > and legs waiting to go out!). > > In 2004, I started working an Immigration Detention Centre (basically a > prison) near Cambridge, initially in the admin. office of a legal NGO > (inside the centre compound), which provided advice and representation to > those seeking asylum in the UK. After studying for a legal accreditation in > my spare time, I then became a legal representative for the Refugee Legal > Centre. My job was to take my client's story, often including experiences of > torture, and my role necessitated a fair deal of ad-hoc counselling. I then > spoke as advocate at their on-site hearing with the Home Office, before they > were often bundled in the back of a van for deportation at Heathrow. > > On another note, this prison was where I met my would-be husband. I left the > RLC when government funding cuts led to redundancies. I now live in Fulham, > west London with our two children. I am a published poet and have read at > several conferences of contemporary poetry. I have a strong interest in the > work of the OKFN and hope to become a useful part of your team. Bear with me > whilst I get up to speed! > > Meg x > > -- > Meg Foulkes > Foundation Administrator > Open Knowledge Foundation > http://okfn.org/ > Skype: megfoulkes > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > -- Lucy Chambers Community Coordinator, OpenSpending & Data Journalism Open Knowledge Foundation Skype: lucyfediachambers Twitter: @lucyfedia _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss