[Foundation-l] Announcing Philippe Beaudette as the StrategyProject Facilitator

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From: "philippe" <philippe.wiki at gmail.com>
To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing Philippe Beaudette as the 
StrategyProject Facilitator


> 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
>
> ___________________
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sue Gardner
>> Executive Director
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>
>> 415 839 6885 office
>>
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