(PS - i should say that this is an organizational description only - from a FUNCTIONAL perspective, the fork analogy goes out the window, and a group of flexible staff members comes into play. Effectively speaking, I could work immediately with any of the attorneys (and am) on projects, and they could work with me or Maggie. We don't get really hung up on titles within the team. Maggie and I view our roles and enhancing/supporting/amplifying the work of the team of attorneys. I know they view their roles as supporting the work of the community. So it all works out). pb ___________________ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 philippe(a)wikimedia.org On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Philippe Beaudette <philippe(a)wikimedia.org>wrote;wrote:

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Michael Peel <michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk There are Multiple people filling the staff attorney/legal counsel role: Michelle and Stephen are both legal counsel (though Stephen's is a more junior role). They each will have a portfolio of tasks that they "own" but in reality they function very independently. The GC can designate any work he wants to anyone he wants, but he tends to prefer to let people own a portfolio that they're the subject matter expert in. As for the day to day work of the GC and LC.... I'll let one of them answer that. I'm not an expert in it. She's a temporary paralegal. With us for six months, I believe. :-) I'm speaking out of school here, but I think Gayle is working on something like this? pb

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Philippe Beaudette &lt;philippe(a)wikimedia.org&gt;wrote;wrote: Following up on my committment yesterday to find an answer to Mike's questions, Geoff provided the below (which I'm posting, since he's technically on holiday): Geoff<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Geoffbrigham>serves as the General Counsel with general strategic and oversight responsibilities as well as executive duties. He is responsible for all legal and community advocacy issues for the Wikimedia Foundation. He serves as an advisor to the Board of Trustees and Executive Director. He is in charge of effective management of the LCA team, ensuring a smooth operation that responds to priority projects timely and appropriately. This coming year, he expects to spend about 40% of his time on community advocacy affairs and about 60% on legal matters. Each member of his team is responsible for certain portfolios, and Geoff works closely with his team on high priority, significant projects within those portfolios. Kelly, for example, handles contracts (about 200+ a year), FDC, global outreach, fundraising, non-profit corporate governance, HR, and privacy issues (among other issues) in addition to her duties as Deputy General Counsel. Michelle addresses trademark authorizations (about 200+ a year), copyright, litigation, the legal intern program, hundreds of community inquiries, and content issues (about 100+ takedown demands a year that we challenge successfully 95% of the time). As you know, Philippe and Maggie manage a wide variety of community projects and questions that fall under LCA. Stephen will report to Kelly, who is working on a number of tough, sophisticated goals, and also will help out Michelle and Philippe as needed. We will shortly post a more detailed list of responsibilities for each team member. That said, we are a small team for the fifth largest website in the world, so we are all flexible, supporting each other with their workload, responsibilities, and priorities. ___________________ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 philippe(a)wikimedia.org

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Samuel Klein &lt;meta.sj(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Good to see a wikisourcerer in the Legal and Community Advocacy team! Congrats Stephen. -- John Vandenberg