Awesome! Congrats HaeB! Dan Rosenthal
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 8:52 PM, aude <aude.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > HaeB, > > Congratulations!!! You've done superb work with the signpost and we'll > (signpost folks) greatly miss you. > > Cheers, > Katie > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 8, 2011, at 1:25 PM, Jay Walsh <jwa...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Dear Wikimedians, > > > > It's with great pleasure that I announce a longtime Wikipedian and > > accomplished Wikimedia project supporter, Tilman Bayer (User:HaeB) has > > agreed to join the Wikimedia Foundation in support of our movement > > communications activities. Pending approval of the U.S. immigration > > visa process, we intend to bring Tilman to San Francisco, full-time, > > as Manager, Movement Communications in the coming months. Tilman will > > augment Wikimedia's communications team (now at three!) and will > > report to me. > > > > Tilman will be known to many in the English Wikipedia community as > > editor-in-chief of the Wikipedia Signpost, where over the past year > > (after picking up the reigns from another current WMF staffer, Sage > > Ross) he has led the publication’s dedicated crew of volunteers and > > increased the depth and breadth of stories about Wikipedia, our > > projects, and the movement as a whole. Tilman has also helped raise > > the overall visibility of Signpost beyond the English Wikipedia, > > building a significant social media presence (managing and bolstering > > its Identi.ca and Twitter feeds), and generally increasing the reach > > of the stories about Wikipedia to more editors and readers than ever. > > > > Tilman has been active in both the German and English WP communities > > since 2003 (he's been a checkuser on the German Wikipedia since 2006). > > He holds degrees in mathematics from the University of Cambridge and > > the University of Bonn. > > > > At the Wikimedia Foundation Tilman will be working with all WMF staff, > > and the community at large, to help us both build new movement > > communications systems, and work with tech and the community > > department to produce great specifications for user communication > > oriented projects. We’re particularly interested in improving > > feedback, discussion, and broadcast channels among and outside of the > > projects (including social media, variations on mailing lists etc). > > > > In short, we want to introduce more painless, relevant, and effective > > ways to increase the exchange of information within the community - > > including information you want to share with everyone, as well as the > > stuff from WMF. > > > > Tilman will be visible on the projects and IRC, and you will likely > > start to see him posting to the mailing lists, blogs, and on-wiki. > > He’s also currently in the process of working on succession for the > > editorial leadership with the Signpost. > > > > Please join me in welcoming Tilman! > > > > > > -- > > Jay Walsh > > Head of Communications > > WikimediaFoundation.org > > blog.wikimedia.org > > +1 (415) 839 6885 x 6609, @jansonw > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
