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

Wed Nov 26 20:39:49 UTC 2014

Hallo Karl!

Great to see our Brussel presence amplified.

Regards,
Alice.

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Yana Welinder <ywelinder at wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> 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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