Wonderful news!! All my best wishes.. Best Regards, Rajeeb Dutta. Wikimedia India. Sent from my iPhone
> On 11-Mar-2019, at 11:14 PM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel > <it...@wikimedia.org.il> wrote: > > That is great news, Lukas! > > I'm happy to see that more and more boards diverse their membership. I > think it's an important thing and a valuable contribution to the ability of > our organizations to see the big picture behind our current movement > activities and thinking. > > > > *Itzik Edri* > Chairperson > it...@wikimedia.org.il > +972-54-5878078 > > > > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 1:24 PM Lukas Mezger <lukas.mez...@wikimedia.de> > wrote: > >> Dear fellow Wikimedians, >> >> I am happy to share with you that the Wikimedia Deutschland board has >> appointed Helene Hahn and Mirjam Stegherr as additional members to the >> board. >> >> *Helene *is a free knowledge enthusiast and a co-founder of Coding Da >> Vinci, the first German open cultural data hackathon(1). For the past five >> years, she has worked as a project manager for community and technology >> projects in the fields of open government, data literacy and open culture >> at the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany. *Mirjam *is a highly experienced >> expert in media and communications. Having worked as a freelance >> journalist, consultant, deputy editor-in-chief, press officer, and head of >> communications for 20 years, she has extensive experience at all levels of >> strategic communications. >> >> Both will be full members of the board until the next board elections at >> the general assembly in June 2020 and we are very much looking forward to >> working with Helene and Mirjam. >> >> The Wikimedia Deutschland board(2) of consists of up to 9 members. Seven >> members are elected by the general assembly for a two-year term. After the >> election, the seven board members can appoint up to two additional members >> to the board. As the general assembly on 1 December 2018 resulted in the >> election of six men and one woman, we decided to consider only applications >> from non-male candidates for the appointed seats. Subsequently, we >> published a profile with the skills and experiences which we considered to >> be most important for our board. We are happy that this approach was very >> successful: We received more than 80 recommendations and 16 applications of >> highly qualified candidates. Through this process, we have made some >> valuable experiences and contacts on which we want to build to further >> increase the diversity of candidates in upcoming board elections. >> >> Please join me in welcoming Helene und Mirjam to the Wikiverse! >> Kind regards, >> >> Lukas >> >> (1) https://codingdavinci.de/about/ >> (2) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland#Board >> -- >> >> Dr. Lukas Mezger >> Vorsitzender des Präsidiums / chair of the Supervisory Board >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin >> Tel. (030) 219 158 260 – (0151) 268 63 931 >> http://wikimedia.de >> >> Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen >> Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! >> http://spenden.wikimedia.de >> >> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. >> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter >> der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für >> Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
