[Advocacy Advisors] Welcome Karl, our new Weasel in Brussels

Wed Nov 26 17:49:08 UTC 2014

Hi Karl,

Also a warm welcome from Berlin! Its good to hear that Dimi gets some
support on the ground :)

Cheers
Niko
On Nov 24, 2014 5:39 PM, "Karl Sigfrid" <karl at wikimedia.be> wrote:

> Thank you Jan, Jan and Stevie for the nice welcoming!
>
> You'll be hearing a lot from me on this list. At the moment, I'm making an
> issues overview which aims at listing issues currently in the EU
> legislative pipeline that may affect Wikimedia activities in one way or
> another. The overview, which will be up soon in unfinished form, will give
> a brief description of each proposal, explain where in the legislative
> process the proposal currently is and discuss how it may affect Wikimedia
> projects. This will be a starting point for the process of prioritizing.
> Any additions and edits from others will be greatly appreciated.
>
> I'm also diving into the projects that Dimi already has up to speed.
>
> My organizational affiliation is with the Swedish Wikimedia, so I report
> to the Swedish office. That being said, since most proposals we deal with
> are of a pan-European nature I'm looking forward to working with you all
> for better EU regulation.
>
> speak to you soon,
> Karl
>
> Jan Weisensee skrev den 11/24/2014 4:51 PM:
>
>> Dear Karl, all
>>
>> Thanks for your support and welcome aboard the EU spaceship! As said
>> during the netpolitics beer, it's great to have you over! :))
>>
>> Regards
>> Jan
>>
>> Sent from cell phone. Apologies for typos and brevity.
>>
>> Am 24.11.2014 14:47 schrieb Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
>> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hello, everybody!
>>>
>>> I am happy to report that as of this month my loneliness in Brussels has
>>> effectively been cured. Not only did we found Wikimedia Belgium [1][2], but
>>> we now also have a second permanent Weasel in Brussels! Please meet Karl
>>> from Sweden (signed up to this list).
>>>
>>> Karl [3][4] is a member of Wikimedia Sverige and has been has been
>>> sitting in the Swedish National Assembly for 8 years representing the
>>> County of Stockholm district. After being member of the Swedish parliament
>>> for two terms he decided he wants to deal with copyright issues on a more
>>> international scale. He thus contacted us and moved permanently to Brussels
>>> to help out with our EU policy efforts.
>>>
>>> I am very glad to have him on board, not only because of expertise,
>>> political savoir-faire and network, but also because him being here reduces
>>> the risk of me succumbing to cabin fever :)
>>>
>>> I hope you join me in welcoming him!
>>>
>>> Have a wonderful week, everyone!
>>>
>>> Dimi
>>>
>>> [1]https://be.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_release_founding_
>>> Wikimedia_Belgium
>>> [2]https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Founding_
>>> event_of_Wikimedia_Belgium_19_November_2014
>>> [3]https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Sigfrid
>>> [4]https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/Hitta-
>>> ledamot/Ledamoter/Sigfrid-Karl-0469626830920/
>>>
>>>
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