[Foundation-l] Welcome to a new board member

[Ting Chen]

Welcome Bishakha and looking forward to meet you soon in person.

Ting

Michael Snow wrote:
> As many of you know, we have had one vacant seat left on the Wikimedia 
> Foundation Board of Trustees for the board to appoint. We have now 
> filled that seat by appointing Bishakha Datta, a journalist, filmmaker, 
> and nonprofit leader from India. In the course of finding Bishakha, we 
> met with a number of great people and had a lot of support going through 
> the process, and I want to thank everyone who participated.
>
> I hope everyone will warmly welcome Bishakha as part of our community. 
> By way of background, Bishakha runs a nonprofit based in Mumbai that 
> focuses on conveying women's perspectives in culture and the media. She 
> also has been involved in other international nonprofit work, and her 
> knowledge of India should be a great help to us as we move forward with 
> the strategic plan. In general, her experience will be a wonderful asset 
> and I think she is an ideal fit for the remaining board seat.
>
> In a bit of an ironic twist, Bishakha's organization is called Point of 
> View, but rest assured that she understands and endorses the neutral 
> point of view approach for Wikimedia projects. Her journalistic 
> background means she appreciates the value of an objective presentation, 
> and throughout our conversations with her it was clear that she supports 
> our mission and values.
>
> We will have an official press release in the next day or so with some 
> more information. I'm excited to be able to work with Bishakha, and I 
> know that she is looking forward to being involved as well.
>
> --Michael Snow
>
>
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Ting

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