Congratulations to both Jan and the Community Advocacy team. :-) Risker
On 25 April 2013 16:40, Santi Navarro <santiagonava...@wikimedia.org.es>wrote: > Welcome Jan! > > > Dear all, > > > > I am delighted to announce the expansion of the Wikimedia Foundation's > > Community Advocacy team to include our newest hire, Jan Eissfeldt, whose > > work will be focused on the German and Spanish language sites. Jan, who > > made his first contributions to the German language Wikipedia in early > > 2004 > > and works on modern philosophers on the Spanish language project, will > > help > > us with his specialized academic background. Jan holds a German BA in > > social science and philosophy with an intercultural profile. His main > > theme - carried over into MA studies - is argumentation theory. This > > combination of being rooted in the editing community and providing > > analytical skills will help us to better understand the German and > Spanish > > projects, and to serve our non-English language communities in general. > > English language folks might have come across his name during 2012 as he > > edited the Signpost's feature News & Notes. > > > > The community advocacy team, you may recall, is an attempt to shore up > the > > Foundation's knowledge of non-English speaking projects, and facilitates > > strategic change by providing knowledge and skills about communities that > > the Foundation increasingly interacts with through the Engineering team's > > frequent technical improvements, through grant-making, our legal work, > and > > the other activities of the Foundation. In our attempts to learn more > > about these communities, get their input during the formation of > > initiatives, and figure out how best to deliver initiatives to them, Jan > > will be joined by one more hire (soon to be announced, I hope). > > > > Jan will work from his home in Germany, will report to me, and will also > > work closely with Maggie, who will serve as his mentor and will help to > > organize and lead our community advocates as they are hired. > > > > Please welcome Jan to the Foundation, though he's been a part of the > > movement for years! > > > > pb > > ___________________ > > Philippe Beaudette > > Director, Community Advocacy > > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > > > 415-839-6885, x 6643 > > > > phili...@wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > > -- > Santiago Navarro > Wikimedia EspaƱa > http://www.wikimedia.org.es/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l