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Subject:    Re: [Wikitech-l] =?utf-8?q?Announcing_TechCom=E2=80=99s_Newest_Member?= =?utf-8?q?s?=
From:       Katherine Maher <kmaher () wikimedia ! org>
Date:       2018-07-19 12:57:13
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Congratulations Niklas and Dan, and thanks for your continued contributions!

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 12:22 PM, Victoria Coleman <vcoleman@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Adding my congratulations to Niklas and Dan. You will bring a lot of
> wisdom, expertise and POVs to the committee. As we transform its mission
> and expand its scope, your contributions will be invaluable.
>
> Welcome!
>
> Victoria
>
> > On Jul 18, 2018, at 2:06 PM, Deb Tankersley <dtankersley@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Congratulations Niklas and Dan — we're happy to have you on the committee
> > and we're looking forward to adding your experiences, expertise and
> > strengths as well as your unique perspectives during our discussions! :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Deb
> >
> > --
> >
> > deb tankersley
> >
> > Program Manager, Engineering
> >
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 10:06 PM Daniel Kinzler <
> daniel.kinzler@wikimedia.de>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Dear All,
> >>
> >> back in June the Wikimedia Technical Committee (TechCom) began a
> process to
> >> recruit two new members to broaden the committee's area of expertise[1].
> >> After
> >> some deliberation, we have now concluded our process and would like to
> >> welcome
> >> Niklas Laxström and Dan Andreescu to TechCom. Congratulations, we are
> >> looking
> >> forward to you bringing your expertise to the committee!
> >>
> >> For those who wonder what this is about: TechCom is the guardian of the
> >> integrity, consistency, stability, and performance of all software
> >> supporting
> >> the Wikimedia projects. It acts as the senior advisor and the
> convergence
> >> point
> >> of all decisions related to technical work that is strategic,
> >> cross-cutting,
> >> and/or hard to undo. You can find more information in the TechCom
> >> Charter[2].
> >>
> >> To those who applied or were nominated, but were not selected, I want to
> >> say:
> >> thank you for offering your time and brain power! It was a difficult
> >> decision to
> >> make. We evaluated all candidates based on the following criteria:
> >> - Activity on RFCs and other Phabricator tickets
> >> - Area(s) of expertise
> >> - Having a unique engineering perspective
> >> - Experience working in and with the Wikimedia movement and community
> >>
> >> It was a challenge to balance these criteria, especially with candidates
> >> who
> >> have a lot of experience, but whose expertise and perspective is similar
> >> to that
> >> of existing members. In such  cases, we aimed to improve the diversity
> of
> >> perspective and knowledge on the committee by picking candidates that
> >> would help
> >> us cover any blind spots.
> >>
> >> We plan to do another round of nominations again soon, and hope to have
> >> continued interested from others in joining TechCom.
> >>
> >> Thank you all,
> >>
> >> [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-
> June/090068.html
> >> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_
> Committee/Charter
> >>
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