Dear fellow Wikimedians,

At our general assembly in Berlin this weekend, the members of Wikimedia Deutschland elected a new supervisory board.

The new board consists of seven members: * Lukas Mezger (re-elected, new chair) * Daniel Reisener (treasurer) * Sabria David (re-elected) * Kilian Kluge * Peter Dewald (had previously been co-opted to the board) * Marcus Cyron * Harald Krichel (re-elected)

The board convened for its first meeting on Sunday and named Sabria David and Harald Krichel as deputy chairs. Daniel Reisener, Kilian Kluge (User:Cirdan), and Marcus Cyron are new to the board, so please join me in welcoming them.

I would like to wholeheartedly thank our former board members Kurt Jansson, Sebastian Moleski, Johanna Niesyto, and Gabriele Theren for the great work and their commitment to Wikimedia Deutschland in the past years. I especially want to extend my thanks to Tim Moritz Hector, who has chaired the board for the past five years.

At the general assembly, we also decided to have only one instead of two formal assemblies per year, and amended our rules concerning membership fees. Additionally, the members approved the annual plan for 2019 as well as our first multi-year strategy, and we had an open debate on how Wikimedia Deutschland should interact with democratically-elected parties that do not align with our strategic goals. Lena Stammler (re-elected), Daniel Baur (re-elected), and Peter Neitzel were elected as auditors.

The board will re-convene in January to set goals for our 18-month term (shortened because of the bylaws change) and I am very much looking forward to working together with the new team. Kind regards,

Lukas

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Dr. Lukas Mezger Vorsitzender des Präsidiums / chair of the Supervisory Board

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