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On Fri, 20 Jul, 2018 at 4:52 AM, Lucas Teles <[email protected]> wrote: > Congrats from Brazil. > > Hope for a community of editors and contributors as diverse as the Board > already is. > > Teles > > Em qui, 19 de jul de 2018 às 12:34, Christophe Henner < > [email protected]> > escreveu: > > > And because I can't step down properly, a part of the email was missing, > > here is the complete version > > > > > > > > *Hello everyone,* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *I am happy to make some announcements about the Wikimedia Foundation > Board > > of Trustees. As of today, Tanya Capuano has formally joined the Board. > > Tanya is an experienced financial professional who has worked as a Vice > > President of Finance for Intuit, and more recently as CFO for the > software > > firm G5. She is passionate about education, having served on the boards > of > > various educational nonprofits.Tanya will enrich the financial and > > accounting skills critical to the oversight of the Foundation and to her > > role as Chair of the Foundation’s Audit Committee, to which she was also > > elected today. Please join me in warming welcoming her in the Wikimedia > > movement. As Tanya joins us, we also see Kelly Battles and Alice Wiegand, > > two very valuable trustees, leave us as their terms of service come to a > > close. Both of them have been stellar trustees who helped the board and > the > > Foundation grow and become a more robust organisation.Kelly and Alice, > you > > have brought so much to the Foundation and to the movement, and it has > been > > an immense pleasure serving with you. I can only hope, as has often been > > the case with other former trustees, our movement will be lucky enough we > > keep seeing both of you around and that you keep on bringing your > > experience, skills, and wisdom to all of us. As you might have noticed we > > still are one trustee short, with a total of nine. We are currently > > searching for a tenth Trustee, with a technology and platform background; > > you can read the profile here on Commons > > < > > > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Board_Recruiting_Candidate_Packet_May_2018.pdf > > >. > > Today the Board also voted to appoint María Sefidari as Chair and > > Christophe Henner as Vice Chair. After serving as Chair for two terms, I > > decided to step down and support María as Chair, hopefully as effectively > > as she served me and the organization when she was my Vice Chair. María > and > > I both have a long history of involvement in the Wikimedia community, and > > prior to coming to the Foundation, held leadership roles in local > Wikimedia > > organizations.In addition, the Board re-elected Nataliia Tymkiv as Chair > of > > the Board Governance Committee, supported by BGC members James Heilman > and > > Dariusz Jemielniak, and alternates Raju Narisetti and María. We also > > elected Raju as Chair of the Human Resources Committee, with members > María > > and Dariusz. Finally, as noted, we elected Tanya Capuano as Chair of the > > Audit Committee, with Christophe and Raju as members and María and Jimmy > as > > alternates. More about Christophe, María, and the Committee Chairs are > > below. I hope you will join me in congratulating them on their new > > positions and wish them success in their terms ahead.On a more personal > > note, I would like to thank everyone for the last two years. This is not > > farewell, but the last two years have been a roller coaster and I am > proud > > I had the chance to serve as Chair and helped us building up the future > of > > the movement. We have achieved a lot in the last 24 months, and the best > is > > yet to come!ChristopheAbout Tanya CapuanoTanya Pine Capuano most recently > > was the chief financial officer (CFO) of the data-driven marketing > company > > G5 in Bend, Oregon. Originally from San Jose, California, she has > > wide-ranging experience including strategy and financial planning and > > analysis in technology. In addition to her recent role at G5, she has > also > > worked for Hewlett-Packard and Intuit.She has also supported numerous > > education initiatives throughout her career; including serving on the > > boards of Education Pioneers, Los Altos Educational Foundation, and “I > Have > > a Dream” Foundation San Francisco, an organization whose San Francisco > > chapter she co-founded.She is very involved with Stanford University > alumni > > life, having earned a bachelor's in economics, a master's in education, > and > > a master of business administration from the university. After > graduating, > > she worked as the university’s Director of Alumni Relations and > Development > > Director for the Initiative on Improving K-12 Education. She has also > > served on the board of the Stanford University Graduate School of > > Business.Tanya lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and > two > > children. They enjoy traveling as a family and outdoor sports.About María > > SefidariMaría Sefidari Huici is a professor in the Digital > Communications, > > Culture and Citizenship Master's degree program of Rey Juan Carlos > > University at the MediaLab-Prado.Born in Madrid, Spain, where she still > > lives today, María graduated with a Psychology degree from Universidad > > Complutense de Madrid, and later a Master's degree in Management and > > Tourism at the Business faculty of the same university. She was a 2014 > > Techweek Women’s Leadership Fellow, which showcases, celebrates, and > > supports emerging female leaders in business and technology.María started > > contributing to the Wikimedia projects in 2006, and has since served in > > many different roles across the Wikimedia movement. María was a founding > > member of Wikimedia España and Wikimujeres Grupo de Usuarias, and also > > created Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject. She has served on several > > Wikimedia governance committees, including the Affiliations and > Individual > > Engagement Grants 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. From > 2013 > > to 2015, she was also a member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board.María > > re-joined the Wikimedia Foundation Board in 2016 to fill an > > community-nominated seat vacancy, and was later re-confirmed for a second > > term in August 2017.In her spare time, María travels around the world, > runs > > wiki-workshops to engage new editors, and supports Real Madrid Club de > > Fútbol.About Christophe HennerChristophe Henner is the former Board Chair > > of Wikimedia France and current Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the > Blade > > Group, a cloud computing company headquartered in France. At Blade, > > Christophe is scaling up operations to support the company's transition > > from a start-up to a global company.Originally from Lavaur, Christophe > > studied economics and law at the University of Toulouse. He has deep and > > varied experience across the marketing sector, holding a variety of > > leadership positions including Head of Marketing at the online media > group, > > L'Odyssée Interactive, Chief Marketing Officer at an international > digital > > media group, Webedia, and later deputy Chief Executive Officer of > Webedia's > > gaming division.Christophe has been an active member of the Wikimedia > > community for more than 12 years. In 2007, he joined the Board of > Wikimedia > > France and has remained an active Board member in various positions for > the > > past ten years. Nearly three of those years on the Board were spent in > > leadership roles, including Chair and Vice Chair of the Board.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 Raju NarisettiRaju Narisetti > is a > > professor of Professional Practice and director of the Knight-Bagehot > > Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia University. > He > > recently served as the CEO of Gizmodo Media Group, the Univision > > Communications Inc owned publisher of pioneering digital brands.Born in > > Hyderabad, India, Raju holds a Bachelor’s degree from Osmania University > in > > Hyderabad, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Institute > of > > Rural Management in Anand (India); a post-graduate diploma from The Times > > School of Journalism in New Delhi; and a Master’s in Journalism from > > Indiana University.Over nearly three decades, Raju has led and > transformed > > news organizations in three continents.Raju began his journalism career > at > > The Economic Times in New Delhi and later went on to found India’s Mint > > Newspaper, now the second largest business newspaper in the country. He > > spent 15 years at The Wall Street Journal, starting as a summer intern > and > > in a variety of reporting and editing roles, including the Editor of The > > Wall Street Journal Europe; Deputy Managing Editor of The Wall Street > > Journal; and Managing Editor of WSJ Digital.Raju also served as Managing > > Editor at The Washington Post, where he was instrumental in combining its > > print and digital newsrooms, in addition to overseeing its editing, > design, > > photo, video, engagement and social media teams.Prior to his work at > > Gizmodo, Raju was Senior Vice President, Strategy, at News Corp, the > > publisher of The Times of London and The Wall Street Journal.Raju is the > > Vice-chair for the Board of Directors of the International Center for > > Journalists, as well as as a member of the Board of Trustees for the > > Institute of International Education, which administers the Fulbright > > Scholarship programmes the Scholar Rescue Fund. He lives in Brooklyn, New > > York.Nataliia TymkivNataliia Tymkiv currently serves as Financial > Director > > of the Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law, a Ukrainian media policy and > > human rights nonprofit. Nataliia grew up in Western Ukraine and 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.On the Wikimedia projects, Nataliia has > > been an active contributor since 2011, and shortly after became an > > administrator of Ukrainian Wikipedia. She has also been a member of the > > Wikimedia Ukraine community for nearly four years.In late 2012, Nataliia > > joined the Board of Wikimedia Ukraine as Treasurer. In this position, > > Nataliia built the financial model for the chapter from the ground up, > > including detailed financial reporting, accounting, and grant-making > > activities for the organization. Nataliia was later selected to serve as > > volunteer Executive Director of Wikimedia Ukraine in 2013 in addition to > > her position on the Board. In 2015, she returned to her position as Vice > > Chair and Treasurer of the Board.Throughout her time on the Board, > Nataliia > > helped oversee the growth and expansion of Wikimedia Ukraine in a number > of > > ways, including improvements in transparency and governance-related > > processes for the chapter, the transition to Annual Plan Grants (APG) > > funding, growing Wikimedia Ukraine staff, and building and maintaining > > donor, partner, and community relationships.* > > > > Christophe HENNER > > Broken stool of the board of trustees > > [email protected] > > +33650664739 > > > > twitter *@schiste* skype *christophe_henner* > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 5:29 PM Christophe Henner <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Hello everyone,I am happy to make some announcements about the > Wikimedia > > > Foundation Board of Trustees. As of today, Tanya Capuano has formally > > > joined the Board. Tanya is an experienced financial professional who > has > > > worked as a Vice President of Finance for Intuit, and more recently as > > CFO > > > for the software firm G5. She is passionate about education, having > > served > > > on the boards of various educational nonprofits.Tanya will enrich the > > > financial and accounting skills critical to the oversight of the > > Foundation > > > and to her role as Chair of the Foundation’s Audit Committee, to which > > she > > > was also elected today. Please join me in warming welcoming her in the > > > Wikimedia movement. As Tanya joins us, we also see Kelly Battles and > > Alice > > > Wiegand, two very valuable trustees, leave us as their terms of service > > > come to a close. Both of them have been stellar trustees who helped the > > > board and the Foundation grow and become a more robust > organisation.Kelly > > > and Alice, you have brought so much to the Foundation and to the > > movement, > > > and it has been an immense pleasure serving with you. I can only hope, > as > > > has often been the case with other former trustees, our movement will > be > > > lucky enough we keep seeing both of you around and that you keep on > > > bringing your experience, skills, and wisdom to all of us. As you might > > > have noticed we still are one trustee short, with a total of nine. We > are > > > currently searching for a tenth Trustee, with a technology and platform > > > background; you can read the profile here on Commons > > > < > > > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Board_Recruiting_Candidate_Packet_May_2018.pdf > > >. > > > Today the Board also voted to appoint María Sefidari as Chair and > > > Christophe Henner as Vice Chair. After serving as Chair for two terms, > I > > > decided to step down and support María as Chair, hopefully as > effectively > > > as she served me and the organization when she was my Vice Chair. María > > and > > > I both have a long history of involvement in the Wikimedia community, > and > > > prior to coming to the Foundation, held leadership roles in local > > Wikimedia > > > organizations.In addition, the Board re-elected Nataliia Tymkiv as > Chair > > of > > > the Board Governance Committee, supported by BGC members James Heilman > > and > > > Dariusz Jemielniak, and alternates Raju Narisetti and María. We also > > > elected Raju as Chair of the Human Resources Committee, with members > > María > > > and Dariusz. Finally, as noted, we elected Tanya Capuano as Chair of > the > > > Audit Committee, with Christophe and Raju as members and María and > Jimmy > > as > > > alternates. More about Christophe, María, and the Committee Chairs are > > > below. I hope you will join me in congratulating them on their new > > > positions and wish them success in their terms ahead.On a more personal > > > note, I would like to thank everyone for the last two years. This is > not > > > farewell, but the last two years have been a roller coaster and I am > > proud > > > I had the chance to serve as Chair and helped us building up the future > > of > > > the movement. We have achieved a lot in the last 24 months, and the > best > > is > > > yet to come!ChristopheAbout Tanya CapuanoTanya Pine Capuano most > recently > > > was the chief financial officer (CFO) of the data-driven marketing > > company > > > G5 in Bend, Oregon. Originally from San Jose, California, she has > > > wide-ranging experience including strategy and financial planning and > > > analysis in technology. In addition to her recent role at G5, she has > > also > > > worked for Hewlett-Packard and Intuit.She has also supported numerous > > > education initiatives throughout her career; including serving on the > > > boards of Education Pioneers, Los Altos Educational Foundation, and “I > > Have > > > a Dream” Foundation San Francisco, an organization whose San Francisco > > > chapter she co-founded.She is very involved with Stanford University > > alumni > > > life, having earned a bachelor's in economics, a master's in education, > > and > > > a master of business administration from the university. After > > graduating, > > > she worked as the university’s Director of Alumni Relations and > > Development > > > Director for the Initiative on Improving K-12 Education. She has also > > > served on the board of the Stanford University Graduate School of > > > Business.Tanya lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and > > two > > > children. They enjoy traveling as a family and outdoor sports.About > María > > > SefidariMaría Sefidari Huici is a professor in the Digital > > Communications, > > > Culture and Citizenship Master's degree program of Rey Juan Carlos * > > > > > > > > > > > > Christophe HENNER > > > Stool 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> > > -- > Steward for Wikimedia projects. Administrator at Portuguese Wikipedia and > Wikimedia Commons. > Sent from mobile. 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