Congratulations Olaniyan Olushola and Jack Farah Mustaklem! Cheers,
2017-11-09 0:02 GMT+07:00 Kirill Lokshin <kirill.loks...@gmail.com>: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Affiliates mailing list > affilia...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/affiliates > > -- Biyanto Rebin | Ketua Umum (*Chair*) 2016-2018 Wikimedia Indonesia Surel: biyanto.re...@wikimedia.or.id ~~~~ Dukung upaya kami membebaskan pengetahuan: http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia:Donasi _______________________________________________ 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>
