Thank you Patricio! It is great to see these updates. ×SJ On Jun 23, 2016 19:34, "Tanweer Morshed" wiki.tanweer@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks to Patricio for your service in the movement. Congratulations to Christophe, Maria on being elected to the positions, as well as to Nataliia. :)
On Thursday, June 23, 2016, Galileo Vidoni galio2k@gmail.com wrote:
Congrats to Christophe and María. We're sure the Foundation will be in
good
hands ;).
Gracias Patro!
Galileo Vidoni Presidente A. C. Wikimedia Argentina Thank you for all of your work, nice persons are leaving, nice persons are joining.
You know that for me you be always Patricio, Natalia, Cristophe, Maria, Frieda, Alice. All Wikipedians.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Patricio Lorente < patricio.lorente@gmail.com javascript:;> wrote:
Hello everyone,
I am happy to share that as of today, Christophe Henner and Nataliia Tymkiv have formally joined the Board of Trustees as affiliate Board-selected members. They both bring deep expertise in the Wikimedia community, and in their respective fields. I’m confident they will
serve
as
excellent contributors, rooted in the values of our movement. You can
learn
more about them in an announcement we made in May:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/05/24/affiliate-selected-board-trustees-elec...
Today the Board also voted to appoint Christophe Henner as Chair, and María Sefidari as Vice Chair. Both Christophe and María have a long
history
of involvement in the Wikimedia community, and have held leadership
roles
at Wikimedia France and Wikimedia Spain, respectively.
More about Christophe, María, and Natallia is below. I hope you will
join
me in congratulating them on their new positions and wish them success
in
their terms ahead.
I would like to thank my friend Alice for working with me in her role
as
Vice Chair, and many thanks to you all for your support during my time
as
Chair.
Patricio Lorente
About Christophe Henner
Christophe Henner is the former Chair of Wikimedia France and current deputy CEO of Webedia http://www.webedia.com's gaming division, the international digital media group headquartered in France.
He has deep and varied experience across the marketing sector,
including
leadership roles at at Webedia and L'Odyssée Interactive.
Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia community for
more
than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of Wikimedia France http://www.wikimedia.fr/ and has remained an active Board member in various positions for the past ten years. He has served as both Chair
and
Vice Chair of the Board of Wikimedia France. During his time on the Board, Christophe helped lead Wikimedia France through a significant
period
of growth. This included leading the development of the chapter’s
brand,
and supporting the development of a clear organizational strategy and vision for the chapter.
About Maria Sefidari
Maria is a professor in the Digital Communications, Culture and Citizenship Master's degree program http://cccd.es/wp/ of Rey Juan Carlos University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Juan_Carlos_University at the MediaLab-Prado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/es:MediaLab-Prado.
María
graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad Complutense de
Madrid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complutense_University_of_Madrid, and later a Master's degree in Management and Tourism at the Business
faculty
of the same university.
María started contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has since served in many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. She
was
a founding member of Wikimedia España https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Espa%C3%B1a and
Wikimujeres
Grupo de Usuarias https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimujeres, and
also
created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/es:Wikiproyecto:LGBT. She has served
on
several Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee and
Individual
Engagement Grants https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG committees. In her time on the Affiliations committee, María served as
the
first Treasurer of the committee, effectively overseeing and monitoring disbursement of the committee's budget. Maria served a prior term on
the
Wikimedia Foundation board from 2013 to 2015.
About Nataliia Tymkiv
Nataliia currently serves as Financial Director of the Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law, a Ukrainian media policy and human rights nonprofit. Nataliia has a Masters degree in Public Administration and a Specialist degree in Records Management and Information Activities.
She has in-depth experience in executive leadership and financial management. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia worked at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction company. Prior to her current role as Financial Director, Nataliia
worked
at a manufacturing firm and later, in finance at a construction
company.
On
the Wikimedia projects, she’s been an active contributor since 2011,
and
shortly after became an administrator of Ukrainian Wikipedia https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Головна_сторінка. She has also been a member of the Wikimedia Ukraine https://ua.wikimedia.org/wiki/ community for nearly four years, and has served as the chapter’s Board Treasurer, Vice Chair, and volunteer Executive Director. --
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