Thank you Patricio! It is great to see these updates. ×SJ
On Jun 23, 2016 19:34, "Tanweer Morshed" <wiki.tanweer(a)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(a)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(a)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-ele…
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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