Hi Bishakha,
Welcome! I hope that you enjoy your new role.
Could you share a little about your involvement with the Wikimedia
projects before this, either as an editor or a reader?
Thanks,
Mike Peel
On 5 Apr 2010, at 15:03, Bishakha Datta wrote:
Thanks, Michael and Ting.
Look forward to this new adventure, to becoming part of the
community -
and to meeting up soon.
Yes, I did wonder whether you'll had noticed the POV-NPOV irony -
but no
worries on that score.
Cheers
Bishakha
On 05-04-2010 14:06, Ting Chen wrote:
Welcome Bishakha and looking forward to meet you
soon in person.
Ting
Michael Snow wrote:
> As many of you know, we have had one vacant seat left on the
> Wikimedia
> Foundation Board of Trustees for the board to appoint. We have now
> filled that seat by appointing Bishakha Datta, a journalist,
> filmmaker,
> and nonprofit leader from India. In the course of finding
> Bishakha, we
> met with a number of great people and had a lot of support going
> through
> the process, and I want to thank everyone who participated.
>
> I hope everyone will warmly welcome Bishakha as part of our
> community.
> By way of background, Bishakha runs a nonprofit based in Mumbai that
> focuses on conveying women's perspectives in culture and the
> media. She
> also has been involved in other international nonprofit work, and
> her
> knowledge of India should be a great help to us as we move
> forward with
> the strategic plan. In general, her experience will be a
> wonderful asset
> and I think she is an ideal fit for the remaining board seat.
>
> In a bit of an ironic twist, Bishakha's organization is called
> Point of
> View, but rest assured that she understands and endorses the neutral
> point of view approach for Wikimedia projects. Her journalistic
> background means she appreciates the value of an objective
> presentation,
> and throughout our conversations with her it was clear that she
> supports
> our mission and values.
>
> We will have an official press release in the next day or so with
> some
> more information. I'm excited to be able to work with Bishakha,
> and I
> know that she is looking forward to being involved as well.
>
> --Michael Snow
>
>
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