Dear all,
As some of you may know, I will soon be joining the Board of Trustees
(August 15), and am therefore required to resign my formal role as Chair of
the Wikipedia & Education User Group. This means a new vacancy had to be
filled in the board composition and a new Chair had to be appointed.
I'm happy to report that in an online board meeting earlier this month the
board chose *Filip Maljkovic* to serve as the new Chair of the
organization.
As for filling up vacancies -- in addition to me leaving the board, another
board member, *Ananth Subray, *has informed the board that due to other
pressing obligations he will not be able to continue his role as a board
member. Ananth has therefore resigned and will move to a position of
"Adviser to the Board". I'd like to take the opportunity to thank him for
his service to the UG's growth in the passing year.
With both me and Ananth leaving the board, 2 vacancies had to be filled.
The board of the W&E UG has always been a working board, keeping it small
but with highly involved members. In order to foster stability in the
organization and an easy as possible transition, the board has chosen to
co-opt 2 members from our UG that has always been involved and already know
the organization well - *João Alexandre Peschanski from Brazil, *who has
served as an adviser to the board since the UG's approval, throughout the
board election process and ever since; and *LiAnna Davis*, Chief Programs
Officer and Deputy Director at *Wiki Education Foundation*, *from the US*.
As some may remember, LiAnna once worked for the Education team at the WMF
and was the one to initiate the creation of the Education Collaborative,
which later evolved into our current UG. She has been involved in the
different stages of our formation and knows well many of the relevant
stakeholders.
Both LiAnna & João were natural choices and bring to the board a wealth of
experience running innovative EDUWiki initiatives. I have no doubt they
will both contribute to the continued growth of the organization, till the
next elections at the end of 2020.
*Thus, the new Wikipedia & Education User Group **board composition is: *
Filip Maljkovic - Chair
Susanna Mkrtchyan - Vice Chair
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga - Membership Admin
João Alexandre Peschanski - Secretary
LiAnna Davis - Treasurer
To summarize, I feel very blessed to be leaving an even stronger board and
look forward to seeing how this organization evolves. I'll remain involved
as an 'adviser to the board' and will continue contributing to EDUWiki
initiatives as a volunteer, educator, researcher and Open Education
advocate.
Best,
Shani Evenstein.
Dear Shani Evenstein,
Thank you very much for the information. I am very much interested in the
meeting about Education. As a wikiclub coordinator in Armenia (Karvachar) I
use wiki projects as tools for non formal education in my daily work. And
if there is a possibility I'll be eager to share my experience with the
others as well.
Thank you so much.
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> Dear all,
>
> As you know, Wikimania is happening in a couple of week and we'll soon have
> a chance to meet in person with at least a few of you in Stockholm.
> I'm happy to report that the Education Space is 90% ready (and will be 100%
> ready in the coming days), which give me a good opportunity to thank the
> Program Committee that worked on making our Space's program a reality!
> I'd also like to thank Krishna
> <
> https://www.facebook.com/KCVelaga?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCIUxMK-iQM…
> >,
> who've created this beautiful page that lists all sessions
> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Education/Program>in our space
> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Education/Program> and their
> rooms. You can of course see it as part of the whole Wikimania Program,
> which is also linked at the top of this page.
> Please note:
>
> 1. 1) The content of each submission page will be edited further in the
> coming days so you'll have an updated version of the speakers and
> content.
> Still if there are any questions, please let us know.
> 2. 2) We're planning a meetup for everyone interested in Education.
> It'll be on Friday at 21:00, probably at one of the hotels, after
> dinner,
> so stay tuned. We'll update exactly where when we are there.
> 3. 3) Some session will be featuring people joining us remotely. We're
> really hoping all sessions will be recorded, but as of now, that's not
> confirmed yet.
>
>
> Finally, we've made an effort to have an active and engaging program,
> preferring this year more panels and workshops, and keeping personal
> lectures to a minimum, with only 2 keynote lectures and 1 session of
> TED-like 10 minutes lightning talks. We've also made an effort to identify
> missing topics and "invite" speakers to explore them. *If you have any
> questions or comments on the program and its format, please feel free to
> contact us. *
>
> Looking forward to meeting you all,
> Shani (on behalf of the program's committee)
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> *Shani Evenstein Sigalov*
> * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
> * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
> of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
> * PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
> * OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
> <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology,
> Internationalization
> and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
> <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
> * Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
> * Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
> * Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
> <http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
> * Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>.
> +972-525640648
>