[Foundation-l] Welcome Tilman Bayer to the Wikimedia Foundation

[aude]

HaeB,

Congratulations!!! You've done superb work with the signpost and we'll  
(signpost folks) greatly miss you.

Cheers,
Katie

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 8, 2011, at 1:25 PM, Jay Walsh <jwalsh at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> It's with great pleasure that I announce a longtime Wikipedian and
> accomplished Wikimedia project supporter, Tilman Bayer (User:HaeB) has
> agreed to join the Wikimedia Foundation in support of our movement
> communications activities.  Pending approval of the U.S. immigration
> visa process, we intend to bring Tilman to San Francisco, full-time,
> as Manager, Movement Communications in the coming months. Tilman will
> augment Wikimedia's communications team (now at three!) and will
> report to me.
>
> Tilman will be known to many in the English Wikipedia community as
> editor-in-chief of the Wikipedia Signpost, where over the past year
> (after picking up the reigns from another current WMF staffer, Sage
> Ross) he has led the publication’s dedicated crew of volunteers and
> increased the depth and breadth of stories about Wikipedia, our
> projects, and the movement as a whole.  Tilman has also helped raise
> the overall visibility of Signpost beyond the English Wikipedia,
> building a significant social media presence (managing and bolstering
> its Identi.ca and Twitter feeds), and generally increasing the reach
> of the stories about Wikipedia to more editors and readers than ever.
>
> Tilman has been active in both the German and English WP communities
> since 2003 (he's been a checkuser on the German Wikipedia since 2006).
>  He holds degrees in mathematics from the University of Cambridge and
> the University of Bonn.
>
> At the Wikimedia Foundation Tilman will be working with all WMF staff,
> and the community at large, to help us both build new movement
> communications systems, and work with tech and the community
> department to produce great specifications for user communication
> oriented projects.  We’re particularly interested in improving
> feedback, discussion, and broadcast channels among and outside of the
> projects (including social media, variations on mailing lists etc).
>
> In short, we want to introduce more painless, relevant, and effective
> ways to increase the exchange of information within the community -
> including information you want to share with everyone, as well as the
> stuff from WMF.
>
> Tilman will be visible on the projects and IRC, and you will likely
> start to see him posting to the mailing lists, blogs, and on-wiki.
> He’s also currently in the process of working on succession for the
> editorial leadership with the Signpost.
>
> Please join me in welcoming Tilman!
>
>
> -- 
> Jay Walsh
> Head of Communications
> WikimediaFoundation.org
> blog.wikimedia.org
> +1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw
>
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