Welcome all, and all the best. :) On 1 March 2016 at 04:54, Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> wrote:
> Welcome, new board members, and thank you for your service, departing > members. > > And thank you, Nataliia, for taking the time to introduce them to folks who > haven't had the opportunity to get to know them in person. > > A. > > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 2:09 PM, attolippip <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I want formally introduce to you Wikimedia Ukraine’s Board, elected by > our > > General Assembly on December 27, 2015. > > > > We can do it only now, as we have just recently successfully completed > the > > requirements from our state to change the people responsible for the > > chapter officially [1]. > > > > Three people has decided not to run this year, and I want to thank them > > wholeheartedly for all their time and efforts spent on our projects and > > making this world better for a change: > > > > > > - > > > > [[User:Amakuha]], Andrii Makuha. He has been our Chair for the last > > two years; his calm personality helped us a lot, especially during > the most > > turbulent times of transferring «power» from one to another Chapter > Board > > «without pain» [2], as Andrii has tried his best to understand > everyone and > > continue the dialogues even when it seems that we won’t be able to > come to > > any acceptable terms. By the way, awarding Wikizghushchivka [3] was > his > > idea. > > - > > > > [[User:NickK]], Mykola Kozlenko, our Treasurer, with great analytical > > skills and profound knowledge about the Community (and I am talking > not > > only about our local community, but the global one as well) and the > > Wikimedia Movement. He is actively engaged in Wikimedia Ukraine’s > projects, > > though he lives in France and can contribute almost only via > Internet. But > > he was able to be a vital part of organizing the rather successful > regional > > conference WIkimedia CEE Meeting in Kyiv in December 2014. > > - > > > > [[User:Ліонкінг]], Levon Azizian. He is a lawyer in real life, a > > passionate Wiki(m|p)edian. He is blessed with the skills to make the > > <s>dreams</s> ideas come into reality, as he is very convincing and > one > > just gets the feeling that (s)he can do it. And so they do it :) And > then > > there is only a pure wonder of: wow, we have organized a > wikiconference in > > 2 weeks; wow, we have organized a CEE Meeting in a month; wow, we can > > actually (but it is really hard!) organize wikitrainings for two weeks > > non-stop in Luhansk region, go to librarians, preach about editing > > Wikipedia… and just around the corner there is a real war zone… > > > > > > These three are my dear friends, and I was really sorry to see them not > > running. But it was our dream from a long ago: to have more great > > Wiki(m|p)edians join the chapter and get interested in our projects. So > > here we have our newly elected three Board members: > > > > > > - > > > > [[User:Olena Zakharian]], Olena Zakharian. She was (and still is!) our > > press secretary, she is very keen about Nature and Freedom of Speech, > she > > believes in our Mission and has contributed greatly to most of our > projects > > before and she is a crucial part of our Board becoming more > transparent for > > our Community. > > - > > > > [[User:Helgi]], Oleh Yatsozhynskyi. He is an active member of > > Ukrainian Wikipedia community, he has joined the organization only in > > September, but he is an invaluable part of us now (especially his > > directness :)) He is responsible for Wikiexpeditions now [4], and he > is > > full of ideas and desire to implement them (and that’s something > really > > really important, you know) > > - > > > > [[User:Pavlo1]], Pavlo Lakiichuk. He is the Secretary of the Board > > now, so he is responsible for all the boring stuff around the process > of > > making decisions. He is also an active member of our local community, > he > > cares about wikiprojects a lot. He has initiated a number of meetings > for > > creators of “real” encyclopedias and wikipedians to talk a few issues > over > > and get to know each other better (well, it works! quite a few myths > were > > dismissed by talking over a cup of tea :) ) > > > > > > The other four members of the Board, re-elected for this year, are: > > > > - > > > > [[User:Ilya]], Illia Korniiko. He is our Chair now. He codes. :) WLX > > Jury Tool is his pet project, but he was deprived of almost all > chances to > > work on it, as our state’s bureaucratic system is quite a monster to > > overcome... > > - > > > > [[User:Юрій Булка]], Yurii Bulka. He is responsible for Wikipedia > > Education Program in Ukraine. And he was the one to suggest and > implement > > the project of digitizing and making available the phonograph cylinder > > collection of Filaret Kolessa (early 20th century) [5] > > - > > > > [[User:Friend]], Pavlo Sokhan. He is an administrator of uk.wikiquote, > > works in a library. He has contributed greatly into organizing of the > first > > Wikimedia CEE Spring article contest in 2015. He is now responsible > for our > > book scanning kit [6] and we hope to get lots of stuff scanned and > uploaded > > to Wikiprojects :) > > - > > > > and [[user:antanana]], Nataliia Tymkiv. I am an administrator of > > Ukrainian Wikipedia, and I am quite active in a lot of Wikimedia > Ukraine’s > > projects. I am a member of Simple Annual Plan Grants Committee [7] > > > > > > I am sorry for a bit long introduction. But I do believe that it is vital > > for us all to work together, so even if you do not read the whole letter > > and remember all the names, you’ll be able to find the info about the > right > > person to reach to, should you need to meet somebody in Ukraine or find > the > > answer. > > > > Best regards, > > > > [[User:antanana]] / Nataliia Tymkiv > > > > Vice-Chair of the Board of Wikimedia Ukraine > > > > [1] Well, they have changed a couple of laws during this period, so it > was > > not a pleasant task to do :) > > > > [2] > > > https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Submissions/How_to_transfer_%C2%ABpower%C2%BB_from_one_to_another_Chapter_Board_%C2%ABwithout_pain%C2%BB > > > > [3] The project is aimed at peer recognition and appreciation of new and > > active editors' contribution by monthly awarding a can of > Wikizghushchivka > > (condensed milk) to the editor with the most contributions in that month > > and the new editor with the most contributions in that month > > > > [4] We have a very detailed (day-by-day) report, maps, videos, photos, > > created and illustrated articles now: > > https://ua.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3465 > > > > [5] > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Filaret_Kolessa_phonograph_cylinder_collection > > [6] https://ua.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3448 > > [7] > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Simple/Committee#committee-members > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WMCEE-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://listy.wikimedia.pl/mailman/listinfo/wmcee-l > > > > > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. 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