Hi folks, I am delighted to announce that the Facilitator for Wikimedia's collaborative strategy development project will be Philippe Beaudette. Many of you know Philippe, who is a trusted member of the Wikimedia volunteer community. He's a three-year member of the Board of Trustees Election Committee, a two-year trusted administrator for the English Wikipedia, and has twice been granted temporary administrator status for meta for election-related activities. He has also been a volunteer for OTRS, where he successfully resolved some particularly difficult complaints regarding biographies of living people. He also helped the Wikimedia Foundation develop the “media upload” proposal for the Ford Foundation, which resulted, a few weeks ago, in a USD 300,000 grant for a project aimed at streamlining the process for uploading media to Wikimedia Commons. Outside Wikimedia, Philippe has a background in American electoral politics, where he has worked as Deputy Campaign Manager, Operations Manager and Technology Director on a number of state and federal campaigns, as well as for the non-profit Progressive Alliance Foundation. He has also worked as a technology consultant in the for-profit sector in the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom. Philippe brings a number of important skills to the Facilitator role. He is experienced facilitating discussion on wikis, mailing lists, IRC, face-to-face and using teleconferences. He has experience understanding and successfully managing complex stakeholder networks. And he has managed projects under tight timelines. Most importantly, he has a good, rich understanding of the mechanisms and systems used by Wikimedia volunteers to stage discussions, achieve consensus and make decisions. Philippe will work from his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and will report to Eugene Eric Kim, the strategy plan project manager. He will start July 27. Philippe will be a terrific addition to the team; I look forward to working with him. Please join me in congratulating and welcoming him to the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation. And thanks again to Erik Moeller and Jennifer Riggs for participating in the hiring interviews. The strategy plan team will total three people: Project Manager Eugene Eric Kim, Facilitator Philippe Beaudette, and a to-be-named Research Analyst. I hope to be in a position to announce the Research Analyst, within a few weeks. Thanks, Sue -- Sue Gardner Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation 415 839 6885 office Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l