Michael Snow wrote:

I am happy to report on our progress in filling out the Board of Trustees with members who bring additional skills and expertise to help the Wikimedia Foundation in its work. We have filled the membership of the Nominating Committee and are ready to begin work. The committee will consist of:

• Ting Chen, our newly elected board member
• Milos Rancic
• Birgitte SB
• Melissa Hagemann, from the Advisory Board
• Sue Gardner, our Executive Director
• and myself.

Thanks again to all those who expressed interest in helping with the process.

Initially, once the committee has been briefed, it will work on identifying the types of expertise that are most needed and developing criteria to evaluate candidates. At that point, we will more actively solicit suggestions for potential board members, including recommendations from the community. But if you have input that would be useful as we look to strengthen the board's skills, feel free to contact us at any stage of the process.

--Michael Snow

Uhm, sorry about the reply without content. As often happens, the button I pressed and the button I meant to press, were two different things :-S

In any case; what I wanted to say is...

The people on the committee seem to be a joyfully good group of people. I hope the results are likewise.

I especially like how the list of committee-men is devoid of "the usual suspects". Shows we have a range of good people.

Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen