[Foundation-l] [Announcement] Welcome to our two new board members

Casey Brown cbrown1023.ml at gmail.com
Wed Feb 13 16:56:56 UTC 2008


Ooh, two names we all know and love!  Welcome to the Board Michael and
Domas! :-D

On Feb 13, 2008 11:52 AM, Florence Devouard <anthere at anthere.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The members of the board of trustees of Wikimedia Foundation have
> recently agreed to add two new board members, both being members of our
> community, for a term which will expire at next board elections
> (june-july 2008).
>
> The first is Michael Snow, long time editor of Wikipedia, and twice
> candidate to the board. Rather than presenting him, I recommand that you
>   go read into detail his candidate statements, back in 2004
> (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2004/Candidates#Michael_Snow_.28Confirmed.29),
> or in 2007
> (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2007/Candidates/en#User:Michael_Snow).
> Michael is a american lawyer, has been the founder of the SignPost and
> is currently the Chair of the Commmunication Committee. He is noticeable
> (somehow) for being very calm and wise.
>
> The second is Domas Mituzas, long time developer in our tech team. He is
> from Lithuania and works for MySQl. He has been a member of the core
> tech team for... ever, and is the Foundation hardware volunteer officer.
> User page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Midom
> Recent email on foundation list:
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2008-January/035729.html
> He is noticeable for being a very friendly, cheerful, and tall individual.
>
> I am delighted to welcome them both on board, and I hope the community
> will generally agree it is a good choice. Their terms will unfortunately
> be rather short, but I have no doubt they will bring good insight
> nevertheless.
>
> Thanks
>
> Florence Devouard
> Chair Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
>
>
>
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