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

Wed Nov 26 18:08:59 UTC 2014

Välkommen Karl! Nice to have more Swedes working on policy for Wikimedia.
Now also from Brussels. :)

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Stephen LaPorte <slaporte at wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Yes, warm welcome from SF! I'm looking forward to your updates, and glad
> to see that Wikimedia has a growing presence in Brussels.
>
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Luis Villa <lvilla at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> And of course a warm welcome from SF! Dimi is super-human, but even a
>> super-human needs help :)
>>
>> Luis
>>
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>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Nikolas Becker <
>> nikolas.becker at wikipedia.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Karl,
>>>
>>> Also a warm welcome from Berlin! Its good to hear that Dimi gets some
>>> support on the ground :)
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Niko
>>> On Nov 24, 2014 5:39 PM, "Karl Sigfrid" <karl at wikimedia.be> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you Jan, Jan and Stevie for the nice welcoming!
>>>>
>>>> You'll be hearing a lot from me on this list. At the moment, I'm making
>>>> an issues overview which aims at listing issues currently in the EU
>>>> legislative pipeline that may affect Wikimedia activities in one way or
>>>> another. The overview, which will be up soon in unfinished form, will give
>>>> a brief description of each proposal, explain where in the legislative
>>>> process the proposal currently is and discuss how it may affect Wikimedia
>>>> projects. This will be a starting point for the process of prioritizing.
>>>> Any additions and edits from others will be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> I'm also diving into the projects that Dimi already has up to speed.
>>>>
>>>> My organizational affiliation is with the Swedish Wikimedia, so I
>>>> report to the Swedish office. That being said, since most proposals we deal
>>>> with are of a pan-European nature I'm looking forward to working with you
>>>> all for better EU regulation.
>>>>
>>>> speak to you soon,
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>> Jan Weisensee skrev den 11/24/2014 4:51 PM:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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