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

Fri Nov 28 08:41:12 UTC 2014

Dear Karl, all the best from Berlin! Good to see how the Brussels team is
growing. May the force be with you...

Jan

2014-11-27 12:49 GMT+01:00 Karl Sigfrid <karl at wikimedia.be>:

>  Thanks all of you! You seem like a friendly bunch of people whom it will
> be a pleasure to work with.
>
> Karl
>
> Alice Wiegand skrev den 11/26/2014 9:39 PM:
>
> 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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