Welcome Ellie. I'm sure the local Wikimania team will be happy to have you
on board :)
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Leslie Harms <lharms(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Welcome Ellie!! So happy to have you on board :)
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse <sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org
wrote:
Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I
expect this role will be
of interest to many here too. Welcome, Ellie!
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From: Siko Bouterse <sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM
Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
To: Staff All <wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi all,
Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of
Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]
As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been
spread across a variety of staff members who have other core
responsibilities. With this new contract, we're creating a single point
of
contact to act as liaison between WMF and the
Wikimania organizing team,
to
ensure that we're able to provide the host
team with focused support
where
help from WMF is needed.
Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open
culture communities. She worked as Executive Director of USENIX
Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several
international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2] She also
currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been
an
activist for the democratization of educational
materials most of her
life.
Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie: Both sets of her grandparents
helped
build the Panama Canal, and each generation since
has had a pilot or two
doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin
America
and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often
catch her hiking in the SF
East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.
As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the
work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity
and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts
year-over-year.
She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and
will be sometimes working
from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like
to
hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please
do stop by or email her
anytime!
Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and
interview candidates.
Welcome, Ellie!
[1]
http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ
[2]
https://www.usenix.org
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