[Wikimedia-l] Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator

[Karthik Nadar]

Welcome Ellie. I'm sure the local Wikimania team will be happy to have you
on board :)

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Leslie Harms <lharms at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Welcome Ellie!! So happy to have you on board :)
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Siko Bouterse <sbouterse at wikimedia.org
> >wrote:
>
> > Pardon the cross-posting from WMF staff list - I expect this role will be
> > of interest to many here too.  Welcome, Ellie!
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Siko Bouterse <sbouterse at wikimedia.org>
> > Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:22 AM
> > Subject: Introducing Ellie Young as Conference Coordinator
> > To: Staff All <wmfall at lists.wikimedia.org>
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Please join me in welcoming Ellie Young, who is taking on the role of
> > Conference Coordinator as an annual contract with WMF.[1]
> >
> > As you may know, WMF's support for Wikimania in recent years has been
> > spread across a variety of staff members who have other core
> > responsibilities.  With this new contract, we're creating a single point
> of
> > contact to act as liaison between WMF and the Wikimania organizing team,
> to
> > ensure that we're able to provide the host team with focused support
> where
> > help from WMF is needed.
> >
> > Ellie brings with her a lot of experience in event planning for open
> > culture communities.  She worked as Executive Director of USENIX
> > Association for over 20 years, where she and her team supported several
> > international conferences hosted by volunteers each year.[2]  She also
> > currently serves on The Ada Initiative's Board of Advisors and has been
> an
> > activist for the democratization of educational materials most of her
> life.
> >
> > Fun things we’ve learned about Ellie:  Both sets of her grandparents
> helped
> > build the Panama Canal, and each generation since has had a pilot or two
> > doing transits of the ships. She has been to every country in Latin
> America
> > and the Caribbean except Brasil. You can often catch her hiking in the SF
> > East Bay Hills with her adorable mini-poodle, Jack.
> >
> > As Conference Coordinator, Ellie will be facilitating and supporting the
> > work of the Wikimania host team and making sure there is good continuity
> > and knowledge-transfer as the conference moves to new hosts
> year-over-year.
> >  She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be sometimes working
> > from the SF office (sitting on the 3rd floor near HR). Ellie would like
> to
> > hear from you on all things Wikimania, so please do stop by or email her
> > anytime!
> >
> > Huge thanks to all staff and volunteers who helped us craft this role and
> > interview candidates.
> >
> > Welcome, Ellie!
> >
> > [1] http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1k2Wfw3&c=qSa9VfwQ
> > [2] https://www.usenix.org
> >
> > --
> > Siko Bouterse
> > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
> >
> > sbouterse at wikimedia.org
> >
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> >
> >
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> > Siko Bouterse
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> >
> > sbouterse at wikimedia.org
> >
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-- 
Regards,
Karthik Nadar.
(Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter).