[Foundation-l] Announcing Philippe Beaudette as the Strategy Project Facilitator

[philippe]

Hi everyone....

I'd like to thank Sue for the welcome to staff and say that I'm really  
excited to work with Eugene - I've heard so many great things about  
him from community members.  We'll start defining the strategic  
planning process soon, I'm sure, and I feel quite certain that FAQs  
will be an early part of that.  Until then, any thoughts that you have  
are most welcome, and I know Eugene feels the same way.  I can be  
reached by email or on my en:Wikipedia or meta user talk pages.  I'll  
also make an effort to be visible on IRC as well.

Best,
Philippe

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philippe
philippe.wiki at gmail.com


On Jul 13, 2009, at 12:59 PM, Sue Gardner wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I am delighted to announce that the Facilitator for Wikimedia's
> collaborative strategy development project will be Philippe Beaudette.
>
> Many of you know Philippe, who is a trusted member of the Wikimedia
> volunteer community.  He's a three-year member of the Board of
> Trustees Election Committee, a two-year trusted administrator for the
> English Wikipedia, and has twice been granted temporary administrator
> status for meta for election-related activities.  He has also been a
> volunteer for OTRS, where he successfully resolved some particularly
> difficult complaints regarding biographies of living people.  He also
> helped the Wikimedia Foundation develop the “media upload”  
> proposal
> for the Ford Foundation, which resulted, a few weeks ago, in a USD
> 300,000 grant for a project aimed at streamlining the process for
> uploading media to Wikimedia Commons.
>
> Outside Wikimedia, Philippe has a background in American electoral
> politics, where he has worked as Deputy Campaign Manager, Operations
> Manager and Technology Director on a number of state and federal
> campaigns, as well as for the non-profit Progressive Alliance
> Foundation.  He has also worked as a technology consultant in the
> for-profit sector in the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom.
>
> Philippe brings a number of important skills to the Facilitator role.
> He is experienced facilitating discussion on wikis, mailing lists,
> IRC, face-to-face and using teleconferences.  He has experience
> understanding and successfully managing complex stakeholder networks.
> And he has managed projects under tight timelines.  Most importantly,
> he has a good, rich understanding of the mechanisms and systems used
> by Wikimedia volunteers to stage discussions, achieve consensus and
> make decisions.
>
> Philippe will work from his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and will report
> to Eugene Eric Kim, the strategy plan project manager. He will start
> July 27.
>
> Philippe will be a terrific addition to the team; I look forward to
> working with him. Please join me in congratulating and welcoming him
> to the staff of the Wikimedia Foundation.  And thanks again to Erik
> Moeller and Jennifer Riggs for participating in the hiring interviews.
>
> The strategy plan team will total three people: Project Manager Eugene
> Eric Kim, Facilitator Philippe Beaudette, and a to-be-named Research
> Analyst. I hope to be in a position to announce the Research Analyst,
> within a few weeks.
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
>
>
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