Re: [Wikimania-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

Of interest to the wikimania-l crowd. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Siko Bouterse <sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:24 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, Ellie Young <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org> Hi all, Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1] As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been spread across a variety of staff members who have other core responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point of contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team, to ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support where help from WMF is needed. Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been an activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her life. Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents helped build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin America and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack. As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts year-over-year. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like to hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her anytime! Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and interview candidates. Welcome, Ellie! [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ [2] https://www.usenix.org -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Donate or click the "edit" button today, and help us make it a reality! -- Guillaume Paumier _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l