Welcome, Raju. /a On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Christophe Henner <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > Over the past year, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has been > reviewing and evolving our appointment and onboarding process for new Board > members. While that has resulted in some lingering vacancies, we knew it > was important to update these processes to help maintain a cordial and > productive Board. > > The updated appointment process provides the entire board with more > detailed (albeit private) information about each candidate’s background, > public profile, past professional and volunteer work, and ability to > contribute to the Board. The updated onboarding process is meant to help > Board members learn about the processes and expectations of our Board more > quickly to help reduce productivity lost to transitions. Special thanks to > everyone serving on the Board Governance Committee and Nataliia for the > work they have put into these improvements! > > I am also incredibly excited to share that these efforts have helped us > identify and appoint an amazing addition to the Wikimedia Foundation Board > of Trustees! At our October meeting, the Board appointed and welcomed Raju > Narisetti to fill one of the vacant expert seats. > > Raju is a veteran media executive and journalist and brings a wealth of > communications experience to the board. He is also a veteran of nonprofit > governance and currently serves on the board for the International Center > for Journalists and Institute for International Education. I am confident > he will be a very valuable addition to the board and thrilled that he has > agreed to join us! > > We will continue to make improvements to our governance processes, for > example with the learnings from the on-going governance review, and apply > what we have learned to future appointments and filling our remaining > vacancy. Thank you for everyone’s patience as we took a pause and worked on > recruiting the best possible candidates, rather than simply rushing to fill > the seats. > > In the meantime, below (and on the Wikimedia Blog) you will find the > official announcement about Raju Narisetti and please join me in warmly > welcoming him to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees and to the > Wikimedia movement! > > Christophe > Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > > Raju Narisetti joins Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > > Media veteran brings nearly three decades of global strategic experience in > digital media and audience development to the Wikimedia Foundation Board > > > Image: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raju_Narisetti_-_ > International_Journalism_Festival_2015.JPG > > San Francisco, CA, October 16, 2017 — The Wikimedia Foundation today > announced the appointment of Raju Narisetti, a veteran media executive and > journalist, to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. > > Raju brings more than 29 years of media experience across three continents. > He is currently CEO of Univision Communications Inc’s Gizmodo Media Group, > the publisher of websites including Gizmodo, Jezebel, Lifehacker and The > Root. > > “Raju has dedicated his life’s work to information as a public service. His > commitment to editorial integrity, independence, and inclusion is deeply > aligned with Wikimedia values. His passion and expertise in digital > strategy and international growth will be invaluable to our movement’s > future as we advance our global free knowledge mission,” said Wikimedia > Foundation Executive Director, Katherine Maher. > > Prior to joining the Gizmodo Media Group, Raju served as Senior Vice > President, Strategy, at News Corp, one of the largest media companies in > the world and the publisher of The Wall Street Journal and The Times of > London. In that role, Raju was responsible for identifying new digital > growth opportunities globally for News Corp. > > > “There has never been more urgency in Wikipedia's 16-year history than now, > for upholding the values of free exchange of information and knowledge,” > said Raju. “Despite mounting challenges around the world, rapid innovation > is creating tremendous opportunities for the Wikimedia Foundation. I have > much to learn, but am also looking forward to lending my nearly three > decades of global media experiences to the movement, to help engage more > digital and mobile audiences, particularly diverse young people, and > harness their energy to benefit from—and support—the vital values that > underpin all Wikimedia initiatives.” > > Before joining News Corp, Raju spent nearly 25 years as a journalist and > editor. He started at The Economic Times in India before moving to The > Dayton Daily News (Ohio), The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), and The Washington > Post. Starting out as a summer intern at WSJ, he eventually became Editor > of The Wall Street Journal Europe and later Managing Editor of WSJ’s > digital newsrooms. At The Washington Post, he was the Managing Editor who > led the Post’s rethinking of its separate digital and print newsrooms and > operations. > > A native of Hyderabad, India, Raju is also the founder of Mint, currently > India’s second-largest daily business newspaper by circulation. > > “Raju's extensive international and journalistic experience will add > valuable perspective to the Board as we look to bring new voices from > around the world into our movement. I am impressed by his willingness to > learn about and embrace the values behind the Wikimedia movement, and look > forward to working with him to support our free knowledge mission,” said > Nataliia Tymkiv, Governance Chair for the Board. > > Raju is currently the Vice-chair for the Board of Directors of the > International > Center for Journalists > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Center_for_Journalists>, as > well as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Institute of > International Education > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_International_Education>, > which > administers the Fulbright Scholarship > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulbright_Scholarship> programmes. He lives > in Brooklyn, New York. > > Raju joins eight other Foundation Trustees > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees> who collectively > bring expertise in the Wikimedia community, financial oversight, > governance, and organizational development; and a commitment to advancing > Wikimedia’s mission of free knowledge for all. > > He was approved unanimously by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. > His term is effective October 2017 and will continue for three years. > Please see the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees> for complete > biographies. > > ### > > About the Wikimedia Foundation > > The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that supports and > operates Wikipedia and its sister free knowledge projects. Wikipedia is the > world’s free knowledge resource, spanning more than 45 million articles > across nearly 300 languages. Every month, more than 200,000 people edit > Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, collectively creating and improving > knowledge that is accessed by more than 1 billion unique devices every > month. This all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in > the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is > a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants. > > > > Christophe HENNER > Chair of the board of trustees > [email protected] > +33650664739 > > twitter *@schiste* skype *christophe_henner* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
