Hi everyone,

As Lucy kindly introduced me, I’m the new volunteer coordinator for the Wikimedia UK community. I will be supporting our programme coordinators in their work with volunteers and will also try to increase diversity in our community even further.

Get in touch with me about volunteer needs, questions, and any ideas that can improve the volunteering experience at WMUK and that can bring onboard more people with diverse backgrounds, skills, and interests.

You can contact me

Looking forward to meeting you all very soon.

Best wishes,

Esma

On Fri, 17 Jun 2022 at 13:30, Lucy Crompton-Reid <lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

Dear all

I'm delighted to introduce Esma Gjertson, who has recently joined the Wikimedia UK staff team as our new Volunteer Coordinator. This is a fixed term post for a year and Esma will be working two days a week, generally on Thursdays and Fridays. Esma will be working on a range of things including Wiki Loves Monuments, Train the Trainer and driving engagement with volunteer grants, as well as seeding and developing new contributor communities within underrepresented groups.

Esma has written a short blog post to introduce herself. Hopefully there will be opportunities for you to meet her in person over the next few months, such as at the community activities being planned for Wikimania in August. Esma brings great experience in volunteer development and support, as well as in strategy and project management, but is new to the Wikimedia movement. I hope you will join the staff team in helping her to feel welcome within our community :)

With best wishes
Lucy

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