Hello folks,

Not only does Karl have all of those skills Dimi mentioned, I can confirm he is a thoroughly nice chap! Welcome aboard, Karl :)

Stevie

On 24 November 2014 at 15:51, Jan Weisensee <jan.weisensee@posteo.de> wrote:
Dear Karl, all

Thanks for your support and welcome aboard the EU spaceship! As said during the netpolitics beer, it's great to have you over! :))

Regards
Jan

Sent from cell phone. Apologies for typos and brevity.

Am 24.11.2014 14:47 schrieb Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com>:
>
> Hello, everybody!
>
> I am happy to report that as of this month my loneliness in Brussels has effectively been cured. Not only did we found Wikimedia Belgium [1][2], but we now also have a second permanent Weasel in Brussels! Please meet Karl from Sweden (signed up to this list).
>
> Karl [3][4] is a member of Wikimedia Sverige and has been has been sitting in the Swedish National Assembly for 8 years representing the County of Stockholm district. After being member of the Swedish parliament for two terms he decided he wants to deal with copyright issues on a more international scale. He thus contacted us and moved permanently to Brussels to help out with our EU policy efforts.
>
> I am very glad to have him on board, not only because of expertise, political savoir-faire and network, but also because him being here reduces the risk of me succumbing to cabin fever :)
>
> I hope you join me in welcoming him!
>
> Have a wonderful week, everyone!
>
> Dimi
>
> [1]https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_release_founding_Wikimedia_Belgium
> [2]https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Founding_event_of_Wikimedia_Belgium_19_November_2014
> [3]https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Sigfrid
> [4]https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/Hitta-ledamot/Ledamoter/Sigfrid-Karl-0469626830920/
>  
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