In case you haven't seen the posting on Foundation-l, here is Michael Snow's message welcoming Bishakha Datta from India on to the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation.
A warm welcome to you on the Wikimedia India mailing list, Bishakha - great to have you here.
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-April/057537.html
Text of message from Foundation-l:
As many of you know, we have had one vacant seat left on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees for the board to appoint. We have now filled that seat by appointing Bishakha Datta, a journalist, filmmaker, and nonprofit leader from India. In the course of finding Bishakha, we met with a number of great people and had a lot of support going through the process, and I want to thank everyone who participated.
I hope everyone will warmly welcome Bishakha as part of our community. By way of background, Bishakha runs a nonprofit based in Mumbai that focuses on conveying women's perspectives in culture and the media. She also has been involved in other international nonprofit work, and her knowledge of India should be a great help to us as we move forward with the strategic plan. In general, her experience will be a wonderful asset and I think she is an ideal fit for the remaining board seat.
In a bit of an ironic twist, Bishakha's organization is called Point of View, but rest assured that she understands and endorses the neutral point of view approach for Wikimedia projects. Her journalistic background means she appreciates the value of an objective presentation, and throughout our conversations with her it was clear that she supports our mission and values.
We will have an official press release in the next day or so with some more information. I'm excited to be able to work with Bishakha, and I know that she is looking forward to being involved as well.
--Michael Snow
Dear Bisakha,
Warm welcome from all of us in India!
Congratulations on your new appointment to the board of trustees of Wikimedia foundation.
Warm regards Arun
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Achal Prabhala aprabhala@gmail.com wrote:
In case you haven't seen the posting on Foundation-l, here is Michael Snow's message welcoming Bishakha Datta from India on to the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation.
A warm welcome to you on the Wikimedia India mailing list, Bishakha - great to have you here.
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-April/057537.html
Text of message from Foundation-l:
As many of you know, we have had one vacant seat left on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees for the board to appoint. We have now filled that seat by appointing Bishakha Datta, a journalist, filmmaker, and nonprofit leader from India. In the course of finding Bishakha, we met with a number of great people and had a lot of support going through the process, and I want to thank everyone who participated.
I hope everyone will warmly welcome Bishakha as part of our community. By way of background, Bishakha runs a nonprofit based in Mumbai that focuses on conveying women's perspectives in culture and the media. She also has been involved in other international nonprofit work, and her knowledge of India should be a great help to us as we move forward with the strategic plan. In general, her experience will be a wonderful asset and I think she is an ideal fit for the remaining board seat.
In a bit of an ironic twist, Bishakha's organization is called Point of View, but rest assured that she understands and endorses the neutral point of view approach for Wikimedia projects. Her journalistic background means she appreciates the value of an objective presentation, and throughout our conversations with her it was clear that she supports our mission and values.
We will have an official press release in the next day or so with some more information. I'm excited to be able to work with Bishakha, and I know that she is looking forward to being involved as well.
--Michael Snow
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Dear Bisakha, Congratulations!! Feels great to have another on board!! Regards, Srikanth
On 5 April 2010 13:04, Arun Ram arunram25@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Bisakha,
Warm welcome from all of us in India!
Congratulations on your new appointment to the board of trustees of Wikimedia foundation.
Warm regards Arun
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Achal Prabhala aprabhala@gmail.comwrote:
In case you haven't seen the posting on Foundation-l, here is Michael Snow's message welcoming Bishakha Datta from India on to the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation.
A warm welcome to you on the Wikimedia India mailing list, Bishakha - great to have you here.
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-April/057537.html
Text of message from Foundation-l:
As many of you know, we have had one vacant seat left on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees for the board to appoint. We have now filled that seat by appointing Bishakha Datta, a journalist, filmmaker, and nonprofit leader from India. In the course of finding Bishakha, we met with a number of great people and had a lot of support going through the process, and I want to thank everyone who participated.
I hope everyone will warmly welcome Bishakha as part of our community. By way of background, Bishakha runs a nonprofit based in Mumbai that focuses on conveying women's perspectives in culture and the media. She also has been involved in other international nonprofit work, and her knowledge of India should be a great help to us as we move forward with the strategic plan. In general, her experience will be a wonderful asset and I think she is an ideal fit for the remaining board seat.
In a bit of an ironic twist, Bishakha's organization is called Point of View, but rest assured that she understands and endorses the neutral point of view approach for Wikimedia projects. Her journalistic background means she appreciates the value of an objective presentation, and throughout our conversations with her it was clear that she supports our mission and values.
We will have an official press release in the next day or so with some more information. I'm excited to be able to work with Bishakha, and I know that she is looking forward to being involved as well.
--Michael Snow
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Hi Srikanth, Arun, Achal and all on the list,
Totally excited about this opportunity. Look forward to collectively getting Wikipedia into even higher gear in India, among other things.
And to meeting up soon.
Cheers Bishakha
On 05-04-2010 15:33, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote:
Dear Bisakha, Congratulations!! Feels great to have another on board!! Regards, Srikanth
On 5 April 2010 13:04, Arun Ram <arunram25@gmail.com mailto:arunram25@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Bisakha, Warm welcome from all of us in India! Congratulations on your new appointment to the board of trustees of Wikimedia foundation. Warm regards Arun On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Achal Prabhala <aprabhala@gmail.com <mailto:aprabhala@gmail.com>> wrote: In case you haven't seen the posting on Foundation-l, here is Michael Snow's message welcoming Bishakha Datta from India on to the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. A warm welcome to you on the Wikimedia India mailing list, Bishakha - great to have you here. http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-April/057537.html Text of message from Foundation-l: As many of you know, we have had one vacant seat left on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees for the board to appoint. We have now filled that seat by appointing Bishakha Datta, a journalist, filmmaker, and nonprofit leader from India. In the course of finding Bishakha, we met with a number of great people and had a lot of support going through the process, and I want to thank everyone who participated. I hope everyone will warmly welcome Bishakha as part of our community. By way of background, Bishakha runs a nonprofit based in Mumbai that focuses on conveying women's perspectives in culture and the media. She also has been involved in other international nonprofit work, and her knowledge of India should be a great help to us as we move forward with the strategic plan. In general, her experience will be a wonderful asset and I think she is an ideal fit for the remaining board seat. In a bit of an ironic twist, Bishakha's organization is called Point of View, but rest assured that she understands and endorses the neutral point of view approach for Wikimedia projects. Her journalistic background means she appreciates the value of an objective presentation, and throughout our conversations with her it was clear that she supports our mission and values. We will have an official press release in the next day or so with some more information. I'm excited to be able to work with Bishakha, and I know that she is looking forward to being involved as well. --Michael Snow _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l-- Regards, Srikanth. Sent from my Motorola SLVR L9.
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Hoi, I could not find a decent picture of you.. I tweeted about this, Pharos gave me a link so I blogged and have a decent picture of you.. http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/04/bishakha-datta-new-board-member-...
I hope you will help make a difference in the WMF by supporting the need for technical improvements so that the languages of the Indian subcontinent will get the support they need. If you want to learn more ... I am happy to oblige. Thanks, GerardM
On 5 April 2010 15:58, Bishakha Datta bishakhadatta@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Srikanth, Arun, Achal and all on the list,
Totally excited about this opportunity. Look forward to collectively getting Wikipedia into even higher gear in India, among other things.
And to meeting up soon.
Cheers Bishakha
On 05-04-2010 15:33, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote:
Dear Bisakha, Congratulations!! Feels great to have another on board!! Regards, Srikanth
On 5 April 2010 13:04, Arun Ram arunram25@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Bisakha,
Warm welcome from all of us in India!
Congratulations on your new appointment to the board of trustees of Wikimedia foundation.
Warm regards Arun
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Achal Prabhala aprabhala@gmail.comwrote:
In case you haven't seen the posting on Foundation-l, here is Michael Snow's message welcoming Bishakha Datta from India on to the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation.
A warm welcome to you on the Wikimedia India mailing list, Bishakha - great to have you here.
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-April/057537.html
Text of message from Foundation-l:
As many of you know, we have had one vacant seat left on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees for the board to appoint. We have now filled that seat by appointing Bishakha Datta, a journalist, filmmaker, and nonprofit leader from India. In the course of finding Bishakha, we met with a number of great people and had a lot of support going through the process, and I want to thank everyone who participated.
I hope everyone will warmly welcome Bishakha as part of our community. By way of background, Bishakha runs a nonprofit based in Mumbai that focuses on conveying women's perspectives in culture and the media. She also has been involved in other international nonprofit work, and her knowledge of India should be a great help to us as we move forward with the strategic plan. In general, her experience will be a wonderful asset and I think she is an ideal fit for the remaining board seat.
In a bit of an ironic twist, Bishakha's organization is called Point of View, but rest assured that she understands and endorses the neutral point of view approach for Wikimedia projects. Her journalistic background means she appreciates the value of an objective presentation, and throughout our conversations with her it was clear that she supports our mission and values.
We will have an official press release in the next day or so with some more information. I'm excited to be able to work with Bishakha, and I know that she is looking forward to being involved as well.
--Michael Snow
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-- Regards, Srikanth. Sent from my Motorola SLVR L9.
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