Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Johan Jönsson]

Thank you both, Patricio and Alice.

//Johan Jönsson
--
Den 23 juni 2016 6:02 em skrev "Patricio Lorente" <
patricio.lore...@gmail.com>:

Hello everyone,

I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia Tymkiv
have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate Board-selected
members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia community, and in
their respective fields. I’m confident they will serve as excellent
contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can learn more
about them in an announcement we made in May:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/


Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and María
Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long history of
involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership roles at
Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.

More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will join
me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them success in
their terms ahead.


I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role as
Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my time as
Chair.

Patricio Lorente


About Christophe Henner

Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division, the
international digital media group headquartered in France.

He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector, including
leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.

Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for more
than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
 and has remained an active Board member in
various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair and
Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the Board,
Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant period of
growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand, and
supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and vision
for the chapter.



About Maria Sefidari

Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and Citizenship
Master's degree program  of Rey Juan Carlos University
 at the
MediaLab-Prado . María
graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid
, and later
a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business faculty of the
same university.


María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has since
served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. She was a
founding member of Wikimedia España
 and Wikimujeres
Grupo de Usuarias , and also
created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject
. She has served on
several Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations
 and Individual
Engagement Grants  committees.
In her time on the Affiliations committee, María served as the first
Treasurer of the committee, effectively overseeing and monitoring
disbursement of the committee's budget. Maria served a prior term on the
Wikimedia Foundation board from 2013 to 2015.



About Nataliia Tymkiv

Nataliia currently serves as Financial Director of the Centre for Democracy
and Rule of Law, a Ukrainian media policy and human rights nonprofit.
Nataliia has a Masters degree in Public Administration and a Specialist
degree in Records Management and Information Activities.

She has in-depth experience in executive leadership and financial
management. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia
worked at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction
company. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia worked
at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction company. On
the Wikimedia projects, she’s been an active contributor since 2011, and
shortly after became an administrator of Ukrainian Wikipedia
. She has also been a
member of the Wikimedia Ukraine  community
for nearly four years, and has served as the chapter’s Board Treasurer,
Vice Chair, and volunteer Executive Director.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Ziko van Dijk]

Dear Patricio,

You have been chair, and board member, in times difficult for our
movement. You have invested a lot of time, and even if I did not agree
always with you for 100%, I knew that a good conversation was
possible. Please accept my unconditional respect for your commitment.

Kind regards
Ziko





2016-06-23 21:07 GMT+02:00 Salvador A :
> Congratulations Christophe and Maria! We hope to see great and new things
> from you in the BoT
>
> Thanks for your years of service Patricio.
>
> El jueves, 23 de junio de 2016, Samuel Klein  escribió:
>
>> Thank you Patricio!  It is great to see these updates.  ×SJ
>> On Jun 23, 2016 19:34, "Tanweer Morshed" > > wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks to Patricio for your service in the movement. Congratulations to
>> > Christophe, Maria on being elected to the positions, as well as to
>> > Nataliia. :)
>> >
>> > On Thursday, June 23, 2016, Galileo Vidoni > > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Congrats to Christophe and María. We're sure the Foundation will be in
>> > good
>> > > hands ;).
>> > >
>> > > Gracias Patro!
>> > >
>> > > Galileo Vidoni
>> > > Presidente
>> > > A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
>> > > Thank you for all of your work,
>> > > nice persons are leaving, nice persons are joining.
>> > >
>> > > You know that for me you be always Patricio, Natalia, Cristophe, Maria,
>> > > Frieda, Alice. All Wikipedians.
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Patricio Lorente <
>> > > patricio.lore...@gmail.com  > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Hello everyone,
>> > > >
>> > > > I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia
>> > > > Tymkiv have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate
>> > > > Board-selected members. They both bring deep expertise in the
>> Wikimedia
>> > > > community, and in their respective fields. I’m confident they will
>> > serve
>> > > as
>> > > > excellent contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can
>> > > learn
>> > > > more about them in an announcement we made in May:
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and
>> > > > María Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long
>> > > history
>> > > > of involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership
>> > roles
>> > > > at Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
>> > > >
>> > > > More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will
>> > join
>> > > > me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them
>> success
>> > in
>> > > > their terms ahead.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role
>> > as
>> > > > Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my
>> time
>> > as
>> > > > Chair.
>> > > >
>> > > > Patricio Lorente
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > About Christophe Henner
>> > > >
>> > > > Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
>> > > > deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division,
>> the
>> > > > international digital media group headquartered in France.
>> > > >
>> > > > He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector,
>> > including
>> > > > leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
>> > > >
>> > > > Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for
>> > more
>> > > > than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
>> > > >  and has remained an active Board member
>> in
>> > > > various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair
>> > and
>> > > > Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the
>> > > > Board, Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant
>> > > period
>> > > > of growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s
>> > brand,
>> > > > and supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and
>> > > > vision for the chapter.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > About Maria Sefidari
>> > > >
>> > > > Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and
>> > > > Citizenship Master's degree program  of Rey Juan
>> > > > Carlos University
>> > > >  at the
>> > > > MediaLab-Prado .
>> > María
>> > > > graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de
>> > Madrid
>> > > > ,
>> and
>> > > > later a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business
>> > faculty
>> > > > of the same university.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Salvador A]

Congratulations Christophe and Maria! We hope to see great and new things
from you in the BoT

Thanks for your years of service Patricio.

El jueves, 23 de junio de 2016, Samuel Klein  escribió:

> Thank you Patricio!  It is great to see these updates.  ×SJ
> On Jun 23, 2016 19:34, "Tanweer Morshed"  > wrote:
>
> > Thanks to Patricio for your service in the movement. Congratulations to
> > Christophe, Maria on being elected to the positions, as well as to
> > Nataliia. :)
> >
> > On Thursday, June 23, 2016, Galileo Vidoni  > wrote:
> >
> > > Congrats to Christophe and María. We're sure the Foundation will be in
> > good
> > > hands ;).
> > >
> > > Gracias Patro!
> > >
> > > Galileo Vidoni
> > > Presidente
> > > A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
> > > Thank you for all of your work,
> > > nice persons are leaving, nice persons are joining.
> > >
> > > You know that for me you be always Patricio, Natalia, Cristophe, Maria,
> > > Frieda, Alice. All Wikipedians.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Patricio Lorente <
> > > patricio.lore...@gmail.com  > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia
> > > > Tymkiv have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate
> > > > Board-selected members. They both bring deep expertise in the
> Wikimedia
> > > > community, and in their respective fields. I’m confident they will
> > serve
> > > as
> > > > excellent contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can
> > > learn
> > > > more about them in an announcement we made in May:
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and
> > > > María Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long
> > > history
> > > > of involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership
> > roles
> > > > at Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
> > > >
> > > > More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will
> > join
> > > > me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them
> success
> > in
> > > > their terms ahead.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role
> > as
> > > > Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my
> time
> > as
> > > > Chair.
> > > >
> > > > Patricio Lorente
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > About Christophe Henner
> > > >
> > > > Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
> > > > deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division,
> the
> > > > international digital media group headquartered in France.
> > > >
> > > > He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector,
> > including
> > > > leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
> > > >
> > > > Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for
> > more
> > > > than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
> > > >  and has remained an active Board member
> in
> > > > various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair
> > and
> > > > Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the
> > > > Board, Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant
> > > period
> > > > of growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s
> > brand,
> > > > and supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and
> > > > vision for the chapter.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > About Maria Sefidari
> > > >
> > > > Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and
> > > > Citizenship Master's degree program  of Rey Juan
> > > > Carlos University
> > > >  at the
> > > > MediaLab-Prado .
> > María
> > > > graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de
> > Madrid
> > > > ,
> and
> > > > later a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business
> > faculty
> > > > of the same university.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has
> > > > since served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement.
> She
> > > was
> > > > a founding member of Wikimedia España
> > > >  and
> > Wikimujeres
> > > > Grupo de Usuarias , and
> > > also
> > > > created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject
> > > > . She has served
> > on
> > > > several Wikimedia governance committees, 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Samuel Klein]

Thank you Patricio!  It is great to see these updates.  ×SJ
On Jun 23, 2016 19:34, "Tanweer Morshed"  wrote:

> Thanks to Patricio for your service in the movement. Congratulations to
> Christophe, Maria on being elected to the positions, as well as to
> Nataliia. :)
>
> On Thursday, June 23, 2016, Galileo Vidoni  wrote:
>
> > Congrats to Christophe and María. We're sure the Foundation will be in
> good
> > hands ;).
> >
> > Gracias Patro!
> >
> > Galileo Vidoni
> > Presidente
> > A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
> > Thank you for all of your work,
> > nice persons are leaving, nice persons are joining.
> >
> > You know that for me you be always Patricio, Natalia, Cristophe, Maria,
> > Frieda, Alice. All Wikipedians.
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Patricio Lorente <
> > patricio.lore...@gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia
> > > Tymkiv have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate
> > > Board-selected members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia
> > > community, and in their respective fields. I’m confident they will
> serve
> > as
> > > excellent contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can
> > learn
> > > more about them in an announcement we made in May:
> > >
> >
> >
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/
> > >
> > >
> > > Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and
> > > María Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long
> > history
> > > of involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership
> roles
> > > at Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
> > >
> > > More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will
> join
> > > me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them success
> in
> > > their terms ahead.
> > >
> > >
> > > I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role
> as
> > > Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my time
> as
> > > Chair.
> > >
> > > Patricio Lorente
> > >
> > >
> > > About Christophe Henner
> > >
> > > Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
> > > deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division, the
> > > international digital media group headquartered in France.
> > >
> > > He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector,
> including
> > > leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
> > >
> > > Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for
> more
> > > than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
> > >  and has remained an active Board member in
> > > various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair
> and
> > > Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the
> > > Board, Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant
> > period
> > > of growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s
> brand,
> > > and supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and
> > > vision for the chapter.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > About Maria Sefidari
> > >
> > > Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and
> > > Citizenship Master's degree program  of Rey Juan
> > > Carlos University
> > >  at the
> > > MediaLab-Prado .
> María
> > > graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de
> Madrid
> > > , and
> > > later a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business
> faculty
> > > of the same university.
> > >
> > >
> > > María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has
> > > since served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. She
> > was
> > > a founding member of Wikimedia España
> > >  and
> Wikimujeres
> > > Grupo de Usuarias , and
> > also
> > > created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject
> > > . She has served
> on
> > > several Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations
> > >  and
> Individual
> > > Engagement Grants 
> > > committees. In her time on the Affiliations committee, María served as
> > the
> > > first Treasurer of the committee, effectively overseeing and monitoring
> > > disbursement of the committee's budget. Maria served a prior term on
> the
> > > Wikimedia Foundation board from 2013 to 2015.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > About Nataliia Tymkiv
> > >
> > 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Tanweer Morshed]

Thanks to Patricio for your service in the movement. Congratulations to
Christophe, Maria on being elected to the positions, as well as to
Nataliia. :)

On Thursday, June 23, 2016, Galileo Vidoni  wrote:

> Congrats to Christophe and María. We're sure the Foundation will be in good
> hands ;).
>
> Gracias Patro!
>
> Galileo Vidoni
> Presidente
> A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
> Thank you for all of your work,
> nice persons are leaving, nice persons are joining.
>
> You know that for me you be always Patricio, Natalia, Cristophe, Maria,
> Frieda, Alice. All Wikipedians.
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Patricio Lorente <
> patricio.lore...@gmail.com > wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia
> > Tymkiv have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate
> > Board-selected members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia
> > community, and in their respective fields. I’m confident they will serve
> as
> > excellent contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can
> learn
> > more about them in an announcement we made in May:
> >
>
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/
> >
> >
> > Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and
> > María Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long
> history
> > of involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership roles
> > at Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
> >
> > More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will join
> > me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them success in
> > their terms ahead.
> >
> >
> > I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role as
> > Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my time as
> > Chair.
> >
> > Patricio Lorente
> >
> >
> > About Christophe Henner
> >
> > Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
> > deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division, the
> > international digital media group headquartered in France.
> >
> > He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector, including
> > leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
> >
> > Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for more
> > than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
> >  and has remained an active Board member in
> > various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair and
> > Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the
> > Board, Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant
> period
> > of growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand,
> > and supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and
> > vision for the chapter.
> >
> >
> >
> > About Maria Sefidari
> >
> > Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and
> > Citizenship Master's degree program  of Rey Juan
> > Carlos University
> >  at the
> > MediaLab-Prado . María
> > graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid
> > , and
> > later a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business faculty
> > of the same university.
> >
> >
> > María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has
> > since served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. She
> was
> > a founding member of Wikimedia España
> >  and Wikimujeres
> > Grupo de Usuarias , and
> also
> > created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject
> > . She has served on
> > several Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations
> >  and Individual
> > Engagement Grants 
> > committees. In her time on the Affiliations committee, María served as
> the
> > first Treasurer of the committee, effectively overseeing and monitoring
> > disbursement of the committee's budget. Maria served a prior term on the
> > Wikimedia Foundation board from 2013 to 2015.
> >
> >
> >
> > About Nataliia Tymkiv
> >
> > Nataliia currently serves as Financial Director of the Centre for
> > Democracy and Rule of Law, a Ukrainian media policy and human rights
> > nonprofit. Nataliia has a Masters degree in Public Administration and a
> > Specialist degree in Records Management and Information Activities.
> >
> > She has in-depth experience in executive leadership and financial
> > management. Prior to her 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Galileo Vidoni]

Congrats to Christophe and María. We're sure the Foundation will be in good
hands ;).

Gracias Patro!

Galileo Vidoni
Presidente
A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
Thank you for all of your work,
nice persons are leaving, nice persons are joining.

You know that for me you be always Patricio, Natalia, Cristophe, Maria,
Frieda, Alice. All Wikipedians.

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Patricio Lorente <
patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia
> Tymkiv have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate
> Board-selected members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia
> community, and in their respective fields. I’m confident they will serve
as
> excellent contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can
learn
> more about them in an announcement we made in May:
>
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/
>
>
> Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and
> María Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long
history
> of involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership roles
> at Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
>
> More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will join
> me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them success in
> their terms ahead.
>
>
> I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role as
> Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my time as
> Chair.
>
> Patricio Lorente
>
>
> About Christophe Henner
>
> Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
> deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division, the
> international digital media group headquartered in France.
>
> He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector, including
> leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
>
> Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for more
> than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
>  and has remained an active Board member in
> various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair and
> Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the
> Board, Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant
period
> of growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand,
> and supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and
> vision for the chapter.
>
>
>
> About Maria Sefidari
>
> Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and
> Citizenship Master's degree program  of Rey Juan
> Carlos University
>  at the
> MediaLab-Prado . María
> graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid
> , and
> later a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business faculty
> of the same university.
>
>
> María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has
> since served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. She
was
> a founding member of Wikimedia España
>  and Wikimujeres
> Grupo de Usuarias , and also
> created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject
> . She has served on
> several Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations
>  and Individual
> Engagement Grants 
> committees. In her time on the Affiliations committee, María served as the
> first Treasurer of the committee, effectively overseeing and monitoring
> disbursement of the committee's budget. Maria served a prior term on the
> Wikimedia Foundation board from 2013 to 2015.
>
>
>
> About Nataliia Tymkiv
>
> Nataliia currently serves as Financial Director of the Centre for
> Democracy and Rule of Law, a Ukrainian media policy and human rights
> nonprofit. Nataliia has a Masters degree in Public Administration and a
> Specialist degree in Records Management and Information Activities.
>
> She has in-depth experience in executive leadership and financial
> management. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia
> worked at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction
> company. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia worked
> at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction company.
On
> the Wikimedia projects, she’s been an active contributor since 2011, and
> shortly after became an administrator of Ukrainian Wikipedia
> . She 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Ilario Valdelli]

Thank you for all of your work,
nice persons are leaving, nice persons are joining.

You know that for me you be always Patricio, Natalia, Cristophe, Maria,
Frieda, Alice. All Wikipedians.

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Patricio Lorente <
patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia
> Tymkiv have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate
> Board-selected members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia
> community, and in their respective fields. I’m confident they will serve as
> excellent contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can learn
> more about them in an announcement we made in May:
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/
>
>
> Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and
> María Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long history
> of involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership roles
> at Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
>
> More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will join
> me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them success in
> their terms ahead.
>
>
> I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role as
> Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my time as
> Chair.
>
> Patricio Lorente
>
>
> About Christophe Henner
>
> Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
> deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division, the
> international digital media group headquartered in France.
>
> He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector, including
> leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
>
> Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for more
> than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
>  and has remained an active Board member in
> various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair and
> Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the
> Board, Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant period
> of growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand,
> and supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and
> vision for the chapter.
>
>
>
> About Maria Sefidari
>
> Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and
> Citizenship Master's degree program  of Rey Juan
> Carlos University
>  at the
> MediaLab-Prado . María
> graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid
> , and
> later a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business faculty
> of the same university.
>
>
> María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has
> since served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. She was
> a founding member of Wikimedia España
>  and Wikimujeres
> Grupo de Usuarias , and also
> created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject
> . She has served on
> several Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations
>  and Individual
> Engagement Grants 
> committees. In her time on the Affiliations committee, María served as the
> first Treasurer of the committee, effectively overseeing and monitoring
> disbursement of the committee's budget. Maria served a prior term on the
> Wikimedia Foundation board from 2013 to 2015.
>
>
>
> About Nataliia Tymkiv
>
> Nataliia currently serves as Financial Director of the Centre for
> Democracy and Rule of Law, a Ukrainian media policy and human rights
> nonprofit. Nataliia has a Masters degree in Public Administration and a
> Specialist degree in Records Management and Information Activities.
>
> She has in-depth experience in executive leadership and financial
> management. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia
> worked at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction
> company. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia worked
> at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction company. On
> the Wikimedia projects, she’s been an active contributor since 2011, and
> shortly after became an administrator of Ukrainian Wikipedia
> . She has also been a
> member of the Wikimedia Ukraine 
> community for nearly four years, and has served as the chapter’s Board
> 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] WMF Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

[Nathan]

Congrats all, and thank you Patricio. I'll observe that it is interesting
that the Board chose Christophe as Chair on his first day as a member, I
think that is unprecedented in the short history of the WMF Board.

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Patricio Lorente <
patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia
> Tymkiv have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate
> Board-selected members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia
> community, and in their respective fields. I’m confident they will serve as
> excellent contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can learn
> more about them in an announcement we made in May:
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-election/
>
>
> Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and
> María Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long history
> of involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership roles
> at Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
>
> More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will join
> me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them success in
> their terms ahead.
>
>
> I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role as
> Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my time as
> Chair.
>
> Patricio Lorente
>
>
> About Christophe Henner
>
> Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current
> deputy CEO of Webedia 's gaming division, the
> international digital media group headquartered in France.
>
> He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector, including
> leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
>
> Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for more
> than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France
>  and has remained an active Board member in
> various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair and
> Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the
> Board, Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant period
> of growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s brand,
> and supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and
> vision for the chapter.
>
>
>
> About Maria Sefidari
>
> Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and
> Citizenship Master's degree program  of Rey Juan
> Carlos University
>  at the
> MediaLab-Prado . María
> graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de Madrid
> , and
> later a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business faculty
> of the same university.
>
>
> María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has
> since served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. She was
> a founding member of Wikimedia España
>  and Wikimujeres
> Grupo de Usuarias , and also
> created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject
> . She has served on
> several Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations
>  and Individual
> Engagement Grants 
> committees. In her time on the Affiliations committee, María served as the
> first Treasurer of the committee, effectively overseeing and monitoring
> disbursement of the committee's budget. Maria served a prior term on the
> Wikimedia Foundation board from 2013 to 2015.
>
>
>
> About Nataliia Tymkiv
>
> Nataliia currently serves as Financial Director of the Centre for
> Democracy and Rule of Law, a Ukrainian media policy and human rights
> nonprofit. Nataliia has a Masters degree in Public Administration and a
> Specialist degree in Records Management and Information Activities.
>
> She has in-depth experience in executive leadership and financial
> management. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia
> worked at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction
> company. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia worked
> at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction company. On
> the Wikimedia projects, she’s been an active contributor since 2011, and
> shortly after became an administrator of Ukrainian Wikipedia
> . She has also been a
> member of the Wikimedia Ukraine 
> community for nearly four years, and has 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Status update about editing software, June 2016

[Pine W]

Hi James,

Thanks for the update.

Questions:

1. Is Flow feature development still frozen? If and when would Flow feature
development resume?

2. Will VE be enabled on talk pages?

3. Is work planned to improve the Wikitext editor, or will that happen only
in the context of integrating it into VE?

Thanks!

Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Status update about editing software, June 2016

[David Gerard]

On 23 June 2016 at 10:17, James Forrester  wrote:

> TL;DR: The Editing Department is working to make the content editing
> software better. The big work areas are improving the visual editor and
> editing wikitext. We will bring in a wikitext mode inside the visual editor
> for simpler, faster switching. We will experiment with prompts to give
> users ideas for what they might want to make as they edit. We will do other
> things as well. Your feedback is welcome.



I see this isn't a blog post yet, and it should be!


- d.

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[Wikimedia-l] Status update about editing software, June 2016

[James Forrester]

All,


TL;DR: The Editing Department is working to make the content editing
software better. The big work areas are improving the visual editor and
editing wikitext. We will bring in a wikitext mode inside the visual editor
for simpler, faster switching. We will experiment with prompts to give
users ideas for what they might want to make as they edit. We will do other
things as well. Your feedback is welcome.


I thought it would be helpful to send an update about editing software.
It's been over a year since my last, and things change (and it's easy to
lose track). We set out some higher-level objectives for Editing in the
Wikimedia Foundation's annual plan for the coming financial year.[0] This
gives a little more detail on that, with particular emphasis on the team
working on content editing tools directly. There's also a brief, more
feature-focussed roadmap available on MediaWiki.org if you are
interested.[1]

Status

In Editing, we're continuing to work on our commission from the 2010
community strategy[2] to create a rich visual editor which makes it
possible to edit all our content, and participate in our workflows, without
knowing or having to learn wikitext. This is a work in progress; as with
all our improvements to the software, we will never be "done", and
hopefully you notice improvements over time. Each week, new features,
improvements, and bug fixes are released, often led, altered or supported
by our volunteer developers and community pioneers; my thanks to you all.

We are now roughly five years into this visual editor work, and have made
good progress on a credible content editor for many users' workflows,
helping editors spend more time on what they're editing instead of how.
First and foremost, not having to think about the vagaries of wikitext and
instead focus on the content of their writing is something that many new
and experienced volunteers alike have mentioned they appreciate. The
automatic citations tool makes adding new references to websites or DOIs
much more quickly and thoroughly, improving the quality of the content. The
visual media searching tool makes it simple to find and add more of the
great images and other media on Commons and add to a page. Visual table
editing helps make changes to tables, like moving columns or parts of
tables around, much more easily than in wikitext, saving time of our
volunteers to focus on their work making the wikis better.

The visual editor supports many (but not yet all) of our content languages,
and thanks to community support and engagement the editor is available by
default on over 235 Wikipedias (and for opt-in use on the remaining 55),
including almost all of our largest Wikipedias. It is on by default for
logged-out users and new accounts on 233 of these, and on for new accounts
(but not yet for logged-out users) on two, English and Spanish. As of this
week, this now includes representatives from each of the "CJK" language
group, with four different Chinese script languages (Classical, Cantonese
and Wu, as well as Min Nan), Korean and Japanese. We're currently working
our way through each of the remaining communities asking them if it's OK to
switch; the next groups will be the thirteen Arabic script Wikipedias and
the twenty-three Indic Wikipedias. You can see specific details at the
rollout grid if you're interested.[3]

We have recently been working with the non-Wikipedia sister projects. As
you might imagine, each project has different needs, workflows and
concerns, and it's important to us that we ensure the tools we provide are
tweaked as appropriate to support, not undermine, those requirements to the
extent justifiable by demand. Per community request, the visual editor is
already available to all users on several different sister projects, but we
think there is more to do for some before we encourage this more widely.
Recently, we have been working with the communities on the Wikivoyages,
which are quite similar to the Wikipedias in needs from the visual editor;
our thanks to the patience and assistance from the Wikivoyagers. We're also
working with User:tpt and other volunteers who create and maintain the
software used by Wikisources to adapt the visual editor to work with those
features; our thanks to them, and to Wikisourcerers more widely.

Core and maintenance work

Despite this progress, there are still several areas in which the core
functionality of the editing software needs extensions, improvements and
fixes. In many places within the visual editor software we have to work
around browsers' bugs, missing features and idiosyncrasies, and nowhere is
that more problematic than the critical areas of typing, cursoring, and
related language support. There continue to be irritating, occasionally
serious bugs related to these, for which we continue to partner with
browser vendors and experts around the Web to try to develop workarounds
and improvements.

Another important area related to language support is coming up with