As some of you may have already heard, Katie Filbert -- who has served as
President of Wikimedia DC since last May -- will be spending the coming
months in Europe supporting the development of the new Wikidata project (
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata). Since the geographic
requirements of this new position will make it difficult for her to
participate in local activities in DC on a regular basis, Katie will be
stepping down as President, effective today.
Nicholas Bashour, the current Vice President of Wikimedia DC, has been
elected to take the position of President for the remainder of the
year. Kevin Chen, the chair of Wikimedia DC's Legal Committee, will
replace Nicholas as Vice President. Katie will retain her current seat on
the Wikimedia DC Board of Directors.
Our deepest thanks go out to Katie for her outstanding leadership over the
course of the past year; we will all strive to live up to the example she
has set.
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Kirill Lokshin
Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc