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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
