On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Achal Prabhala <aprabhala@gmail.com> wrote:

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Subject: Re: Nhlanhla Mabaso on Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:31:23 +0200
From: Dwayne Bailey <dwayne@translate.org.za>
Organisation: Translate.org.za
To: Achal Prabhala <aprabhala@gmail.com>

References: <4CC15148.6070608@gmail.com>

Wow this is really good news, congrats Nhlanhla!

On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 14:24 +0530, Achal Prabhala wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Some good news I'd like to relay: recently the Board of Trustees invited
> Nhlanhla Mabaso to join the Advisory Board of the Wikimedia Foundation.
> You can learn more about him here:
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board
>
> Given his experience in the free culture/ free software movements in
> South Africa - and Africa in general - there will be lots of good advice
> coming our way! And for those who haven't met him yet, I hope you will
> in the weeks and months to come.
>
> Best wishes,
> Achal

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