Hello everyone,

Many of you know Kevin Chen, who has served as Vice President of Wikimedia DC over the past six months. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of working with him, I will say that Kevin has been a major force in the development and professionalization of Wikimedia DC over the course of the last year, first as a member of our Legal Committee, and then as a Director and as Vice President.

Unfortunately, Kevin will be moving out of the DC area in the near future. As he will consequently be unable to devote a signifiant amount of time to Wikimedia DC activities, Kevin is stepping down from his positions as Director and Vice President. The Board of Directors has accepted Kevin's resignation with great regret; we are all deeply grateful for Kevin's many insightful contributions to the development of our chapter, and are looking forward to working closely with him again at some point in the future.

To fill Kevin's seat until the next regular election this October, the Board of Directors has appointed Tom Risen as a Director and to the position of Vice President. Tom is a professional journalist who has recently been assisting with some of our outreach initiatives; we are certain that he will prove a valuable asset to our organization.

Please join me in welcoming Tom to the Wikimedia DC family!

Cheers, Kirill

-- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc