[Foundation-l] Announcement: Chief Research Coordinator

[Jeffrey V. Merkey]

Erik Moeller wrote:

>This is an official WMF announcement.
>
>The Board of Trustees accepts the resignation of James D. Forrester in
>the volunteer role as Chief Research Officer. James has the gratitude
>of the Board for volunteering his time and ideas to the projects in
>the friendly, creative, skilled and professional manner that we have
>come to know and appreciate him for.
>
>The Board of Trustees has decided to rename the role to "Chief
>Research Coordinator," and to appoint Gregory Maxwell to the volunteer
>position. Gregory has long time experience working with and analyzing
>Wikimedia data and interacting with others who do the same, is
>familiar with both the internals of the projects and the workings of
>the community, and is deeply committed to our values and principles.
>
>A description of the role can be found at:
>http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Chief_Research_Coordinator
>
>If you find out of date pages that need to be updated, please be bold and do so.
>
>Erik Möller
>Executive Secretary, Wikimedia Foundation
>
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Excellent choice.  

Jeff