[Foundation-l] Welcome to a new board member

[Bishakha Datta]

Thanks, Michael and Ting.

Look forward to this new adventure, to becoming part of the community - 
and to meeting up soon.

Yes, I did wonder whether you'll had noticed the POV-NPOV irony - but no 
worries on that score.

Cheers
Bishakha



On 05-04-2010 14:06, Ting Chen wrote:
> Welcome Bishakha and looking forward to meet you soon in person.
>
> Ting
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> Michael Snow wrote:
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>> 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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