Hi Srikanth, Arun, Achal and all on the list,
Totally excited about this opportunity. Look forward to collectively
getting Wikipedia into even higher gear in India, among other things.
And to meeting up soon.
Cheers
Bishakha
On 05-04-2010 15:33, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote:
Dear Bisakha, Congratulations!! Feels great to have
another on board!!
Regards,
Srikanth
On 5 April 2010 13:04, Arun Ram <arunram25(a)gmail.com
<mailto:arunram25@gmail.com>> wrote:
Dear Bisakha,
Warm welcome from all of us in India!
Congratulations on your new appointment to the board of trustees
of Wikimedia foundation.
Warm regards
Arun
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Achal Prabhala
<aprabhala(a)gmail.com <mailto:aprabhala@gmail.com>> wrote:
In case you haven't seen the posting on Foundation-l, here is
Michael
Snow's message welcoming Bishakha Datta from India on to the
board of
trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation.
A warm welcome to you on the Wikimedia India mailing list,
Bishakha -
great to have you here.
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-April/057537.html
Text of message from Foundation-l:
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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