[Foundation-l] Welcome to a new board member

[Aphaia]

Welcome aboard Bishaka,

great to see a female activist and creator from Asia,
I hope you enjoy your new role and feel comfortable in our community.

Greetings warmly from Wikiquote,

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Bishakha Datta <bishakhadatta at gmail.com> 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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