[Foundation-l] Announcement - Public Policy Initiative Team joins WMF

[Yaroslav M. Blanter]

On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 11:09:42 -0700, Daniel Phelps <dphelps at wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> The Wikimedia Foundation has hired four new staff members to guide the
new
> Public Policy Initiative. Annie Lin, LiAnna Davis, Sage Ross, and Amy
Roth
> will work with public policy programs at universities across the United
> States to incorporate improvements to Wikipedia articles into the
> professors' curriculum. The Public Policy Initiative will recruit
Wikipedia
...

Why is the team chosen to target specifically the US? I am not sure I am
comfortable with this choice.

Cheers
Yaroslav