Congratulations Jack and Olushola! Congratulations Rosie, Tanweer, and Salvador for re-appointed!
Hasive On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 3:45 AM, Raphael Berchie <rberc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congrats Shola. Wish you all the best. > > *Raphael Berchie* > Co Founder Open Foundation, West Africa, Wikipedian-in-Residence (Wiki > Loves Women) <http://www.wikiloveswomen.org/about-the-project/who/> > Wikimedian <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana>,Open > Advocate, Climate > Change Activist,Blogger <http://rberchie.blogspot.com/> > P.O Box CT 10469 > Cantoments Accra > Ghana > +233243882047 > Twitter@berchie4gh <https://twitter.com/berchie4gh> > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/berchie> > Linkedin > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-berchie-32705822?trk= > nav_responsive_tab_profile> > > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Congrats to Jack and Olushola! I am sure you will do a great job. > > > > Kirill – I know this last round of recruitment started some time ago (in > > June?) – do you expect the next round to run any more quickly? > > > > Regards, > > > > Chris > > > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > > From: Kirill Lokshin > > Sent: 08 November 2017 17:03 > > To: Wikimedia Mailing List; Wikimedia Movement Affiliates discussion list > > Subject: [Affiliates] New Affiliations Committee appointments > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > A bit delayed, but we are happy to share that Olaniyan Olushola and Jack > > Farah Mustaklem have appointed to the Affiliations Committee as new > > members. In addition, three incumbent members (Rosie > > Stephenson-Goodknight, Tanweer Morshed and Salvador Alcantar) have been > > re-appointed for an additional term. > > > > Here are Olushola and Farah, or Jack, in their own words: > > > > Jack Farah Mustaklem: > > > > I'm a Palestinian volunteer editor on Wikipedia from Jerusalem, and > > Founding member and treasurer of Wikimedians of the Levant User Group, > and > > the representative in Palestine. I have been a Wikimedian since 2005, > > editing both the English and Arabic Wikipedias. I have a passion for the > > free dissemination of knowledge. Most recently, I have been coordinating > > activities of the Wikipedia Education Program in Palestine, at both the > > high school and university levels. Outside of the movement, Jack is an > > advocate of free knowledge, a software engineer, and a father of three. > > > > Olaniyan Olushola: > > > > My name is Olaniyan Olushola, an accountant by profession, founding > member > > and president of Wikimedia User Group Nigeria.[1] I am an active > Wikimedian > > and member of the community with various contributions to Wikimedia > > projects. I have organized several Wikimedia project in the last few > years. > > I organized Wiki Loves Africa 2015 and 2016 in Nigeria. I participated in > > Wiki Indaba 2014 and WikiAfrica/OpenAfrica15,[2] a conference for > > Wikipedians In Residence, organized by WikiAfrica in Johannesburg, South > > Africa. I coordinated Wikipedia 15 in Nigeria[3] and Wiki loves Nigeria > > Writing Contest, organized as part of Wikipedia @15 celebration in > > Nigeria.[4] I coordinated Wiki Loves Women in Nigeria and my work was > > extensively covered by multiple newspapers in Nigeria.[5] I coordinated > > Wiki Photo Tour in Nigeria through a Wikimedia Foundation grant support > in > > 2016.[6] I conceptualized a media partnership between Wikimedia UG > Nigeria > > and Blackface Media,[7] a radio program that runs every Wednesday called > > Time-Out with Wikipedia. I am the lead presenter on Wikimedia Radio and > TV > > program. I established Wikimedia Fan Club at Lagos State University, > > University of Ibadan and Wikimedia Hub, Nigerian Institute of Journalism > > (NIJ). I am also the project coordinator for "She Can with ICT", a > project > > that focus on training Nigerian female students on how to contribute to > > Wikimedia project. We are currently mentoring over twenty five potential > > editors, through Wikimedia Outreach dashboard this project. [8] > > > > I led Wikimedia UG Nigeria to sign a partnership agreement with Goge > > Africa,[9] with the aim of improving African based articles on Wikipedia > > with volume of free images. Presently, we have finalized a new > partnership > > agreement with a WFM 91.7 [10] to broadcast Wiki Loves Women on radio > and > > also to create awareness about Wikimedia projects. > > > > If I am not on Wikipedia, I work as consultant in the area of Software > > Deployment and Asset Management. I am married with two lovely kids. > > > > We anticipate starting the next round of committee appointments in > > December, and hope that everyone interested in working with Wikimedia > > affiliates will consider applying! > > > > Regards, > > > > Kirill Lokshin > > Chair, Affiliations Committee > > > > Edward Galvez > > Staff Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiAfrica/OpenAfrica15 > > [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Nigeria/ > > Writing_Contest > > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Wikimedia_ > > Nigeria_User_Group/Wikipedia_at_15_Celebration_in_Nigeria/Report > > [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wiki_ > > Loves_Women/Nigeria > > [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WIkimedia_ > > User_Group_Nigeria/Wiki_Photo_Tours/Report > > [7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Group_ > > Nigeria/Wikimedia_Radio_and_TV_Program > > [8] https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/she_can_ > > with_ict__nigeria/programs%7C > > [9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goge_Africa > > [10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFM_91.7 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) **:: **নুরুন্নবী চৌধুরী (হাছিব)* User: Hasive <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hasive> | GSM/WhatsApp/Viber: +8801712754752 Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia <http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Hasive> Board Member | Wikimedia Bangladesh <http://www.wikimedia.org.bd/> fb.com/Hasive <http://fb.com/NCHasive> | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | www.nhasive.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
