[Advocacy Advisors] Welcome Karl, our new Weasel in Brussels

[Stevie Benton]

Hello folks,

Not only does Karl have all of those skills Dimi mentioned, I can confirm
he is a thoroughly nice chap! Welcome aboard, Karl :)

Stevie

On 24 November 2014 at 15:51, Jan Weisensee <jan.weisensee at posteo.de> wrote:

> Dear Karl, all
>
> Thanks for your support and welcome aboard the EU spaceship! As said
> during the netpolitics beer, it's great to have you over! :))
>
> Regards
> Jan
>
> Sent from cell phone. Apologies for typos and brevity.
>
> Am 24.11.2014 14:47 schrieb Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hello, everybody!
> >
> > I am happy to report that as of this month my loneliness in Brussels has
> effectively been cured. Not only did we found Wikimedia Belgium [1][2], but
> we now also have a second permanent Weasel in Brussels! Please meet Karl
> from Sweden (signed up to this list).
> >
> > Karl [3][4] is a member of Wikimedia Sverige and has been has been
> sitting in the Swedish National Assembly for 8 years representing the
> County of Stockholm district. After being member of the Swedish parliament
> for two terms he decided he wants to deal with copyright issues on a more
> international scale. He thus contacted us and moved permanently to Brussels
> to help out with our EU policy efforts.
> >
> > I am very glad to have him on board, not only because of expertise,
> political savoir-faire and network, but also because him being here reduces
> the risk of me succumbing to cabin fever :)
> >
> > I hope you join me in welcoming him!
> >
> > Have a wonderful week, everyone!
> >
> > Dimi
> >
> > [1]
> https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_release_founding_Wikimedia_Belgium
> > [2]
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Founding_event_of_Wikimedia_Belgium_19_November_2014
> > [3]https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Sigfrid
> > [4]
> https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/Hitta-ledamot/Ledamoter/Sigfrid-Karl-0469626830920/
> >
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