Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Board member and leadership appointments to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

[camelia boban]

Great, congratulations, so happy to see you all there 朗.

Camelia, on behalf of WikiDonne UG

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 1:16 PM RhinosF1  wrote:

> Congrats and good luckd to those joining/remaining on the board
>
> with thanks for your service and good luck for the future to those
> departing
>
> RhinosF1
>
> On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 at 09:25, María Sefidari  wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I have some news to share about recent leadership appointments to our
> Board
> > of Trustees.
> >
> > Shani Evenstein Sigalov, currently an EdTech Innovation Strategist and
> > lecturer at the School of Medicine in Tel Aviv University, will be the
> > newest member of the Board of Trustees.
> >
> >
> > Shani has been a part of the Wikimedia movement since 2011, and has
> focused
> > her contributions on closing gender and knowledge gaps by supporting
> female
> > contributors and thematic groups, working with indigenous communities and
> > promoting equitable access to knowledge. She has served leadership roles
> in
> > several Wikimedia affiliates and thematic groups, including as the
> > Chairperson for both Wikimedia Medicine and the Wikipedia and Education
> > User Group, and as a Board member of Wikimedia Israel. She is also
> > currently a member of the Partnerships Strategy working group as part of
> > the Movement Strategy.  She joins the Board with a depth of experience in
> > creating successful collaborations between Wikipedia and other free
> > knowledge projects and educational, cultural and government institutions.
> >
> > In addition, I have been re-elected as Board Chair, and Nataliia Tymkiv
> has
> > been elected as Vice Chair after being appointed for her second term.
> >
> > Please join me in congratulating Shani and Nataliia! And as Christophe's
> > term comes to an end, the Board gratefully thanks him for his service and
> > commitment to the mission, and we hope you will join us in thanking him
> as
> > well!
> >
> > Below (and on the Wikimedia Blog) you will find the official announcement
> > about these new leadership appointments. You can find below the rest of
> the
> > appointments.
> >
> > Audit Committee
> >
> >-
> >
> >Chair: Tanya Capuano
> >-
> >
> >Members: Raju Narisetti, Shani Evenstein
> >-
> >
> >Alternates: María Sefidari
> >
> > Board Governance Committee
> >
> >-
> >
> >Chair: Lisa Lewin
> >-
> >
> >Members: María Sefidari, Dariusz Jemielniak
> >-
> >
> >Alternates: Esra’a Al Shafei
> >
> > Human Resources Committee
> >
> >-
> >
> >Chair: Dariusz Jemielniak
> >-
> >
> >Members: Raju Narisetti, Tanya Capuano
> >-
> >
> >Alternates: Lisa Lewin, María Sefidari
> >
> > Special Projects Committee
> >
> >-
> >
> >Chair: James Heilman
> >-
> >
> >Members: Esra’a Al Shafei, Jimmy Wales
> >-
> >
> >Alternates: Shani Evenstein
> >
> > Affiliations Committee liaisons: Shani Evenstein, James Heilman, Nataliia
> > Tymkiv (alternate)
> >
> > Funds Dissemination Committee liaisons: Dariusz Jemielniak, Esra’a Al
> > Shafei
> >
> > Election Committee liaison: Esra’a Al Shafei
> >
> > Language Committee liaison: James Heilman
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > María
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The timeline of the Wikimedia strategy: please reconsider!

[Aron Manning]

I appreciate that there is an attempt to start conversations. These are
drafts of recommendations, that implies at least 1 more round of community
feedback, and preferably 2 or 3 for the alpha drafts, such as licensing.
Plenty of time and opportunity to come to a mutually agreeable outcome. If
not, I expect the timelines will be adapted to the process, not the other
way around.

The mission of these recommendations is strongly relate-able, with the
community feedback incorporated, these have a potential to benefit the
movement. This round of conversation already provided ample feedback, with
detailed reviews and in-depth information about local community customs,
some of that adding important, overlooked facts, that are absolutely
necessary to be taken into account. Good progress, I'm quite positive about
it.

Aron
ᐧ

On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 at 17:35, Peter Southwood 
wrote:

> Some are worse than others. I would settle for a mix of alpha and beta.
> You don’t want to go too far before getting feedback, but when people don’t
> know what you are talking about you probably have not gone far enough.
> There seems to be a lot of variability in response to requests for
> clarification too.  Some get a response quite quickly, others get very
> little. I predict that the ones that do not provide clarification within a
> reasonable period are likely to meet snowballing resistance. Another
> problem is the sheer number all at the same time. This will annoy people wo
> feel obliged to do a review of a large proportion of the proposal, and a
> small sample suggests that they really do need review, to avoid some really
> bad stuff getting passed.
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> Behalf Of Ziko van Dijk
> Sent: 16 August 2019 16:51
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] The timeline of the Wikimedia strategy: please
> reconsider!
>
> Let's put it this way: The "recommendations" have been presented as a kind
> of "Beta". But the actual status looks more like "Alpha".
> Kind regards
> Ziko
>
> Am Do., 15. Aug. 2019 um 20:03 Uhr schrieb Peter Southwood <
> peter.southw...@telkomsa.net>:
>
> > I agree that a lot of review and comment is needed before some of these
> > items can be considered ready for further development. The amount may
> > differ, so why not use the Wikipedian method of allowing each
> > recommendation to remain open for discussion as long as it is being
> > actively discussed (and relevant questions remain unanswered - if
> questions
> > are not answered  it may be necessary to close as no consensus, in which
> > case probably best abandoned as a waste of time and effort).
> > Cheers,
> > Peter
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> > Behalf Of Paulo Santos Perneta
> > Sent: 15 August 2019 13:10
> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] The timeline of the Wikimedia strategy: please
> > reconsider!
> >
> > I subscribe Ziko's request to redefine the timeline of Strategy 2030, for
> > the stated reasons. Not only it looks absurd, looking at the quality of
> the
> > published materials, which are obviously not fit for a final discussion
> on
> > this mater, but also because there's no rush to present results already
> in
> > October.
> > Rushing to present a final set of recommendations, without proper
> > discussion, risks producing a faulty and immature document, facing a
> > barrage of resistence from the part of the community when trying to
> > implement the recommendations, and basically destroy more than 1 year of
> > hard work from everyone involved (core team, WGs, liasion, and the part
> of
> > the community who involved itself on the process).
> >
> > I endorse the request to the Strategy 2030 Core Team: Please review your
> > schedule, and adjust your timetable, so to allow some reasonable time for
> > that draft to be discussed and properly finished.
> >
> > Best,
> > Paulo
> >
> > Ziko van Dijk  escreveu no dia quarta, 14/08/2019
> à(s)
> > 14:48:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Recently, the "draft recommendations" of the strategy working groups
> have
> > > been published. As Nicole informed us, they are "key tools" for the
> > future
> > > of the movement. These documents are the result of one year of work of
> > the
> > > working groups.
> > >
> > > If I am not mistaken, the Wikimedia volunteers now have one month to
> give
> > > feedback. In October, the process of refining and finalizing has to be
> > > ready, and in November, the movement will have to start with
> implementing
> > > the recommendations.
> > >
> > > Having seen now more of the documents, my conclusion can only be one:
> the
> > > documents are simply not ready for this stage of the process. They are
> > much
> > > more unready than they should be for being put to the eyes of the
> > Wikimeda
> > > volunteers.
> > >
> > > There are 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The timeline of the Wikimedia strategy: please reconsider!

[Peter Southwood]

Some are worse than others. I would settle for a mix of alpha and beta. You 
don’t want to go too far before getting feedback, but when people don’t know 
what you are talking about you probably have not gone far enough. There seems 
to be a lot of variability in response to requests for clarification too.  Some 
get a response quite quickly, others get very little. I predict that the ones 
that do not provide clarification within a reasonable period are likely to meet 
snowballing resistance. Another problem is the sheer number all at the same 
time. This will annoy people wo feel obliged to do a review of a large 
proportion of the proposal, and a small sample suggests that they really do 
need review, to avoid some really bad stuff getting passed. 
Cheers,
Peter

-Original Message-
From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of 
Ziko van Dijk
Sent: 16 August 2019 16:51
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] The timeline of the Wikimedia strategy: please 
reconsider!

Let's put it this way: The "recommendations" have been presented as a kind
of "Beta". But the actual status looks more like "Alpha".
Kind regards
Ziko

Am Do., 15. Aug. 2019 um 20:03 Uhr schrieb Peter Southwood <
peter.southw...@telkomsa.net>:

> I agree that a lot of review and comment is needed before some of these
> items can be considered ready for further development. The amount may
> differ, so why not use the Wikipedian method of allowing each
> recommendation to remain open for discussion as long as it is being
> actively discussed (and relevant questions remain unanswered - if questions
> are not answered  it may be necessary to close as no consensus, in which
> case probably best abandoned as a waste of time and effort).
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> Behalf Of Paulo Santos Perneta
> Sent: 15 August 2019 13:10
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] The timeline of the Wikimedia strategy: please
> reconsider!
>
> I subscribe Ziko's request to redefine the timeline of Strategy 2030, for
> the stated reasons. Not only it looks absurd, looking at the quality of the
> published materials, which are obviously not fit for a final discussion on
> this mater, but also because there's no rush to present results already in
> October.
> Rushing to present a final set of recommendations, without proper
> discussion, risks producing a faulty and immature document, facing a
> barrage of resistence from the part of the community when trying to
> implement the recommendations, and basically destroy more than 1 year of
> hard work from everyone involved (core team, WGs, liasion, and the part of
> the community who involved itself on the process).
>
> I endorse the request to the Strategy 2030 Core Team: Please review your
> schedule, and adjust your timetable, so to allow some reasonable time for
> that draft to be discussed and properly finished.
>
> Best,
> Paulo
>
> Ziko van Dijk  escreveu no dia quarta, 14/08/2019 à(s)
> 14:48:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Recently, the "draft recommendations" of the strategy working groups have
> > been published. As Nicole informed us, they are "key tools" for the
> future
> > of the movement. These documents are the result of one year of work of
> the
> > working groups.
> >
> > If I am not mistaken, the Wikimedia volunteers now have one month to give
> > feedback. In October, the process of refining and finalizing has to be
> > ready, and in November, the movement will have to start with implementing
> > the recommendations.
> >
> > Having seen now more of the documents, my conclusion can only be one: the
> > documents are simply not ready for this stage of the process. They are
> much
> > more unready than they should be for being put to the eyes of the
> Wikimeda
> > volunteers.
> >
> > There are documents in which there is only one question answered, by one
> > sentence. Other documents don't show that any research has been used to
> > back the statements. Many obvious arguments and links are missing. At
> least
> > at one occasion I read as an answer to an important question: "todo".
> >
> > The proposals often give the impression that they are not thought
> through.
> > There should be quotas for admins, but we see nowhere an explanation how
> > that would relate to the right to remain anonymous. There is the
> statement
> > that minorities sometimes can only express themselves with ND and NC
> > content, but the two links in the document hardly back that claim. After
> > years in which the Wikimedia organizations and other free and open
> content
> > organizations taught us that NC is problematic, now such a drastic
> change?
> >
> > And there is this already infamous sentence: Instead of being informed
> > about the possible negative impacts of NC and ND, we only read: "All
> change
> > has negative connotations to some members of the 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The timeline of the Wikimedia strategy: please reconsider!

[Ziko van Dijk]

Let's put it this way: The "recommendations" have been presented as a kind
of "Beta". But the actual status looks more like "Alpha".
Kind regards
Ziko

Am Do., 15. Aug. 2019 um 20:03 Uhr schrieb Peter Southwood <
peter.southw...@telkomsa.net>:

> I agree that a lot of review and comment is needed before some of these
> items can be considered ready for further development. The amount may
> differ, so why not use the Wikipedian method of allowing each
> recommendation to remain open for discussion as long as it is being
> actively discussed (and relevant questions remain unanswered - if questions
> are not answered  it may be necessary to close as no consensus, in which
> case probably best abandoned as a waste of time and effort).
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> Behalf Of Paulo Santos Perneta
> Sent: 15 August 2019 13:10
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] The timeline of the Wikimedia strategy: please
> reconsider!
>
> I subscribe Ziko's request to redefine the timeline of Strategy 2030, for
> the stated reasons. Not only it looks absurd, looking at the quality of the
> published materials, which are obviously not fit for a final discussion on
> this mater, but also because there's no rush to present results already in
> October.
> Rushing to present a final set of recommendations, without proper
> discussion, risks producing a faulty and immature document, facing a
> barrage of resistence from the part of the community when trying to
> implement the recommendations, and basically destroy more than 1 year of
> hard work from everyone involved (core team, WGs, liasion, and the part of
> the community who involved itself on the process).
>
> I endorse the request to the Strategy 2030 Core Team: Please review your
> schedule, and adjust your timetable, so to allow some reasonable time for
> that draft to be discussed and properly finished.
>
> Best,
> Paulo
>
> Ziko van Dijk  escreveu no dia quarta, 14/08/2019 à(s)
> 14:48:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Recently, the "draft recommendations" of the strategy working groups have
> > been published. As Nicole informed us, they are "key tools" for the
> future
> > of the movement. These documents are the result of one year of work of
> the
> > working groups.
> >
> > If I am not mistaken, the Wikimedia volunteers now have one month to give
> > feedback. In October, the process of refining and finalizing has to be
> > ready, and in November, the movement will have to start with implementing
> > the recommendations.
> >
> > Having seen now more of the documents, my conclusion can only be one: the
> > documents are simply not ready for this stage of the process. They are
> much
> > more unready than they should be for being put to the eyes of the
> Wikimeda
> > volunteers.
> >
> > There are documents in which there is only one question answered, by one
> > sentence. Other documents don't show that any research has been used to
> > back the statements. Many obvious arguments and links are missing. At
> least
> > at one occasion I read as an answer to an important question: "todo".
> >
> > The proposals often give the impression that they are not thought
> through.
> > There should be quotas for admins, but we see nowhere an explanation how
> > that would relate to the right to remain anonymous. There is the
> statement
> > that minorities sometimes can only express themselves with ND and NC
> > content, but the two links in the document hardly back that claim. After
> > years in which the Wikimedia organizations and other free and open
> content
> > organizations taught us that NC is problematic, now such a drastic
> change?
> >
> > And there is this already infamous sentence: Instead of being informed
> > about the possible negative impacts of NC and ND, we only read: "All
> change
> > has negative connotations to some members of the community."
> >
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Working_Groups/Diversity/Recommendations/9
> >
> > I find it stunning that there was nobody who went through the documents
> > before publication and said: we cannot publish this sentence, it is
> giving
> > a very bad impression about our attitude towards the community (= the
> very
> > same people we are asking to invest their time for giving feedback).
> >
> > This does not mean that all documents or all sections and recommendations
> > are unusable or damaging. I also cannot judge about the efforts invested,
> > as I have no insight in the inner workings. But it is very frustrating
> for
> > me to read the documents and often have to guess what they actually mean.
> > And it seems to me, given the comments on the user pages on Meta Wiki, on
> > this list, on de:WP:Kurier and on Facebook, that I am not the only one
> who
> > feels this frustration.
> >
> > Therefore, I ask the people responsible: please reconsider the timeline.
> If
> > 

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New Board member and leadership appointments to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

[RhinosF1]

Congrats and good luckd to those joining/remaining on the board

with thanks for your service and good luck for the future to those departing

RhinosF1

On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 at 09:25, María Sefidari  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I have some news to share about recent leadership appointments to our Board
> of Trustees.
>
> Shani Evenstein Sigalov, currently an EdTech Innovation Strategist and
> lecturer at the School of Medicine in Tel Aviv University, will be the
> newest member of the Board of Trustees.
>
>
> Shani has been a part of the Wikimedia movement since 2011, and has focused
> her contributions on closing gender and knowledge gaps by supporting female
> contributors and thematic groups, working with indigenous communities and
> promoting equitable access to knowledge. She has served leadership roles in
> several Wikimedia affiliates and thematic groups, including as the
> Chairperson for both Wikimedia Medicine and the Wikipedia and Education
> User Group, and as a Board member of Wikimedia Israel. She is also
> currently a member of the Partnerships Strategy working group as part of
> the Movement Strategy.  She joins the Board with a depth of experience in
> creating successful collaborations between Wikipedia and other free
> knowledge projects and educational, cultural and government institutions.
>
> In addition, I have been re-elected as Board Chair, and Nataliia Tymkiv has
> been elected as Vice Chair after being appointed for her second term.
>
> Please join me in congratulating Shani and Nataliia! And as Christophe's
> term comes to an end, the Board gratefully thanks him for his service and
> commitment to the mission, and we hope you will join us in thanking him as
> well!
>
> Below (and on the Wikimedia Blog) you will find the official announcement
> about these new leadership appointments. You can find below the rest of the
> appointments.
>
> Audit Committee
>
>-
>
>Chair: Tanya Capuano
>-
>
>Members: Raju Narisetti, Shani Evenstein
>-
>
>Alternates: María Sefidari
>
> Board Governance Committee
>
>-
>
>Chair: Lisa Lewin
>-
>
>Members: María Sefidari, Dariusz Jemielniak
>-
>
>Alternates: Esra’a Al Shafei
>
> Human Resources Committee
>
>-
>
>Chair: Dariusz Jemielniak
>-
>
>Members: Raju Narisetti, Tanya Capuano
>-
>
>Alternates: Lisa Lewin, María Sefidari
>
> Special Projects Committee
>
>-
>
>Chair: James Heilman
>-
>
>Members: Esra’a Al Shafei, Jimmy Wales
>-
>
>Alternates: Shani Evenstein
>
> Affiliations Committee liaisons: Shani Evenstein, James Heilman, Nataliia
> Tymkiv (alternate)
>
> Funds Dissemination Committee liaisons: Dariusz Jemielniak, Esra’a Al
> Shafei
>
> Election Committee liaison: Esra’a Al Shafei
>
> Language Committee liaison: James Heilman
>
> Kind regards,
>
> María
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Wikiwisdom: A Project Proposal

[RhinosF1]

I'll make sure to have a look, should be quite an interesting idea.

RhinosF1
Miraheze Volunteer

On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 21:15, Adam Sobieski 
wrote:

> Wikimedia-l,
> Wikitech-l,
>
> I would like to share a new project proposal:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiwisdom . The project intends to
> provide a large-scale, crowdsourced collection of wisdom materials
> (anecdotes, proverbs, quotations, lyrics, poetry, narratives and humor).
> The project intends to increase the ease with which people can search for,
> discover and share wisdom materials. The project intends to advance
> scholarly and scientific research into wisdom, folklore, heritage,
> tradition, history and culture.
>
> Thank you for taking a look at the project proposal. You may edit the
> project proposal page and add yourself as an interested person. The
> discussion page of the project proposal is also available for discussions.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Adam Sobieski
> http://www.phoster.com/contents/
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikiwisdom: A Project Proposal

[Adam Sobieski]

Wikimedia-l,
Wikitech-l,

I would like to share a new project proposal: 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiwisdom . The project intends to provide a 
large-scale, crowdsourced collection of wisdom materials (anecdotes, proverbs, 
quotations, lyrics, poetry, narratives and humor). The project intends to 
increase the ease with which people can search for, discover and share wisdom 
materials. The project intends to advance scholarly and scientific research 
into wisdom, folklore, heritage, tradition, history and culture.

Thank you for taking a look at the project proposal. You may edit the project 
proposal page and add yourself as an interested person. The discussion page of 
the project proposal is also available for discussions.


Best regards,
Adam Sobieski
http://www.phoster.com/contents/

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Ryan Merkley to the Wikimedia Foundation

[Oby Ezeilo]

Welcome on board Ryan .

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 11:02 PM Katherine Maher 
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I’m excited to let you all know that Ryan Merkley, formerly CEO of Creative
> Commons, is joining the Wikimedia Foundation as my new chief of staff.
>
> Many of you have met Ryan before -- at CC Summit, Wikimania, Wikimedia
> Summit, or MozFest. He’s a leader in open source, open knowledge, and
> free-culture communities, and for the past five years, he’s been the CEO of
> Creative Commons, initiating programs like CC search to index all 1.6
> billion licensed works online. He’s passionate about the power of the
> commons, and the role that everyone can play in making it sustainable and
> open to all. I couldn’t be happier he’s now bringing this passion and
> experience to our movement.
>
> In Ryan’s own words, “My heart has always been in open communities, and
>  the power of collective acts --  that is, the things that people can only
> do when they work together, like building a commons of free knowledge for
> every person.”
>
> For now, Ryan’s two top priorities will be bolstering the work of the
> movement strategy team and supporting the Board. He’ll support the strategy
> core team to move the Working Group recommendations into implementation
> within the community and Foundation over the course of the coming year.
> He’ll also serve as Board liaison to the Board of Trustees, strengthening
> the connections, communications, and coordination between Trustees and the
> Foundation. Internally, he’ll support the office of the Executive Director,
> acting in my stead on various projects.
>
> I’m excited by this new role for an old friend of the open community. Ryan
> knows our movement well. He has spent many hours with many Wikimedians, and
> understands the centrality of the community to the Wikimedia mission and
> identity. His background as a partner to Wikimedia, and a leader in the
> broader open movement will be invaluable to our work, and confirmation of
> the importance of community experience in Foundation leadership.
>
> Ryan doesn’t start in his new role until Monday, September 16th. However,
> he will be at Wikimania, so for those of you attending, please say hi, and
> join me in welcoming him to Wikimedia!
>
> Katherine
>
> P.S. This announcement can also be found on our news page:
>
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/08/13/wikimedia-foundation-welcomes-ryan-merkley-as-chief-of-staff-to-the-office-of-the-executive-director
>
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>
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>
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[Wikimedia-l] New Board member and leadership appointments to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

[María Sefidari]

Hi everyone,

I have some news to share about recent leadership appointments to our Board
of Trustees.

Shani Evenstein Sigalov, currently an EdTech Innovation Strategist and
lecturer at the School of Medicine in Tel Aviv University, will be the
newest member of the Board of Trustees.


Shani has been a part of the Wikimedia movement since 2011, and has focused
her contributions on closing gender and knowledge gaps by supporting female
contributors and thematic groups, working with indigenous communities and
promoting equitable access to knowledge. She has served leadership roles in
several Wikimedia affiliates and thematic groups, including as the
Chairperson for both Wikimedia Medicine and the Wikipedia and Education
User Group, and as a Board member of Wikimedia Israel. She is also
currently a member of the Partnerships Strategy working group as part of
the Movement Strategy.  She joins the Board with a depth of experience in
creating successful collaborations between Wikipedia and other free
knowledge projects and educational, cultural and government institutions.

In addition, I have been re-elected as Board Chair, and Nataliia Tymkiv has
been elected as Vice Chair after being appointed for her second term.

Please join me in congratulating Shani and Nataliia! And as Christophe's
term comes to an end, the Board gratefully thanks him for his service and
commitment to the mission, and we hope you will join us in thanking him as
well!

Below (and on the Wikimedia Blog) you will find the official announcement
about these new leadership appointments. You can find below the rest of the
appointments.

Audit Committee

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   Chair: Tanya Capuano
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   Members: Raju Narisetti, Shani Evenstein
   -

   Alternates: María Sefidari

Board Governance Committee

   -

   Chair: Lisa Lewin
   -

   Members: María Sefidari, Dariusz Jemielniak
   -

   Alternates: Esra’a Al Shafei

Human Resources Committee

   -

   Chair: Dariusz Jemielniak
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   Members: Raju Narisetti, Tanya Capuano
   -

   Alternates: Lisa Lewin, María Sefidari

Special Projects Committee

   -

   Chair: James Heilman
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   Members: Esra’a Al Shafei, Jimmy Wales
   -

   Alternates: Shani Evenstein

Affiliations Committee liaisons: Shani Evenstein, James Heilman, Nataliia
Tymkiv (alternate)

Funds Dissemination Committee liaisons: Dariusz Jemielniak, Esra’a Al Shafei

Election Committee liaison: Esra’a Al Shafei

Language Committee liaison: James Heilman

Kind regards,

María
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