[Foundation-l] Welcome to a new board member

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Hello Bishaka!

It is great to have a Good Listener as a trustee.

>From Wikiversity,
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On 5 April 2010 22:14, Michael Peel <email at mikepeel.net> wrote:
> Hi Bishakha,
>
> Welcome! I hope that you enjoy your new role.
>
> Could you share a little about your involvement with the Wikimedia
> projects before this, either as an editor or a reader?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Peel
>
> On 5 Apr 2010, at 15:03, Bishakha Datta wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>> 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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