[Foundation-l] [Announcement] Welcome Mike !

[THD]

Welcome Mike.

Theodoranian

2007/7/4, Florence Devouard <anthere at anthere.org>:
>
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> Please join me in welcoming Mike Godwin as our new General Counsel and
> Legal Coordinator.
>
> As General Counsel and Legal Coordinator, Mike will be responsible for
> handling the day-to-day legal needs of the Wikimedia Foundation, as well
> as coordinating pro bono legal help worldwide. Additionally, he will be
> responsible for evaluating the Foundation's policies and operating
> procedures, and assisting the Board of Trustees with legal concerns.
>
> Mike comes to us from Yale Law School and the Yale Department of
> Computer Science, where he was working as a Research Fellow, supervising
> student research projects involving law and technology.
>
> Mike is an accomplished attorney with over 17 years of experience in
> legal policy development and advocacy concerning technology, privacy and
> the internet. Most notably, he was the first Staff Counsel for the
> Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to educating the
> public about civil liberties relating to technology, and acted as a
> defender of those liberties. He also served as Counsel to two Washington
> D.C.-based nonprofits, specifically Public Knowledge and The Center for
> Democracy and Technology.
>
> We are confident that Mike's expertise will be a valuable asset to the
> Wikimedia Foundation, and that he will play a central role in helping
> the Foundation tackle the many unique challenges it faces.
>
> Mike will be working from his office in the Washington, DC, area. If you
> would like to volunteer with the Wikimedia Foundation in a legal
> capacity, we encourage you contact Mike directly by email at
> mgodwin at wikimedia.org.
>
> Please help me extend a warm welcome to Mike.
>
>
> Florence Devouard
> Chair Wikimedia Foundation
>
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