Dear Everyone -
We are happy to share that Mehman Ibragimov, Joy Agyepong, and Benoît Prieur are new members who have been appointed to the Affiliations Committee.
Here are Mehman Ibragimov, Joy Agyepong, and Benoît Prieur in their own words:
Mehman Ibragimov: I've been an active Wikimedia projects editor since 2016, my home wiki is the Georgian Wikipedia (but I'm also active on Wikidata, Commons, Meta and Wikisource). Since 2017, I have also been active in Wikimedia UG Georgia, together with my fellow wikimedians, we develop Wikimedia projects in Georgian and popularize them locally to develop Wikimedia projects and the movement in Georgia.
Joy Agyepong: I am a public servant with the local government of Ghana. I have been actively contributing to Wikimedia projects for 6 years now.I am a social entrepreneur and a co-founder of an environmental oriented NGO for the past four years. I am a passionate contributor in the Ghanaian communities of Ghana. I lead an independent online based group called the Wiki Hour Initiative where ad-hoc newbies are trained in the area of SDG’s. Over the past 6 years, I have contributed in diverse ways to support wikimedia projects and volunteered in conferences. Currently, I also serve as a committee member with the community grant resource team.
Benoît Prieur: I'm a Software Engineer (Python, Rust, Machine Learning) and a Computing Books Author from France, involved in the Wikimedia movement for 11 years. I graduated in both Sociology (MSc Speciality: "Social vulnerability") and Computing science. I'm mainly active on Wikidata & Wikimedia Commons.
Please join me in welcoming the newly-appointed members of AffCom.
Regards,
Jeffrey (User:FULBERT) Vice-Chair, Affiliations Committee