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James Hare is the president of Wikimedia DC and one of the founding board members. He has been a Wikipedia volunteer since 2004, where he has made numerous small contributions as well as some larger ones. He edits under the username [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Harej Harej]. Being involved in many aspects of Wikipedia content and administration over the years, his current focus is on United States federal law, including administrative law. Originally from New Jersey, he was actively involved with the Wikimedia New York City chapter before moving to Washington, D.C. in 2010 and participating with the local meetup group there. In 2012, he was the lead organizer for the Wikimania 2012 conference. He is currently a student of political science at American University and is involved with local and national Democratic politics. He tweets regularly under the name [http://twitter.com/harej @harej].
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James Hare is the president of Wikimedia DC and one of the founding board members. He has been a Wikipedia volunteer since 2004, where he has made numerous small contributions as well as some larger ones. He edits under the username [[w:User:Harej|Harej]]. Being involved in many aspects of Wikipedia content and administration over the years, his current focus is on United States federal law, including administrative law. Originally from New Jersey, he was actively involved with the Wikimedia New York City chapter before moving to Washington, D.C. in 2010 and participating with the local meetup group there. In 2012, he was the lead organizer for the Wikimania 2012 conference. He is currently a student of political science at American University and is involved with local and national Democratic politics. He tweets regularly under the name [http://twitter.com/harej @harej].
 
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Peter Benjamin Meyer (([http://toolserver.org/~quentinv57/tools/sulinfo.php?username=Econterms&showinactivity=1&showblocks=1&showlocked=1 User:Econterms])) joined the Board in 2013 and is Treasurer of Wikimedia-DC. He was a software engineer in a past career and is now a research economist, active in the fields of economic history and the history of technology. His research focuses on how pools of information--like wikis--support invention and the start of new industries. On Wikipedia he has added content on early aviation, nineteenth-century science, on economics, and in other new subject with each edit-a-thon. He is a longtime user of MediaWiki and co-founded one available across the US government called [http://statipedia.org/wiki/ Statipedia]. He attends Wikimania and WikiSym conferences every year, and aspires to organize and lead edit-a-thons during 2013.
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Peter Benjamin Meyer ([http://toolserver.org/~quentinv57/tools/sulinfo.php?username=Econterms&showinactivity=1&showblocks=1&showlocked=1 User:Econterms]) joined the Board in 2013 and is Treasurer of Wikimedia-DC. He was a software engineer in a past career and is now a research economist, active in the fields of economic history and the history of technology. His research focuses on how pools of information—like wikis—support invention and the start of new industries. On Wikipedia he has added content on early aviation, nineteenth-century science, on economics, and in other new subject with each edit-a-thon. He is a longtime user of MediaWiki and co-founded one available across the US government called [http://statipedia.org/wiki/ Statipedia]. He attends Wikimania and WikiSym conferences every year, and aspires to organize and lead edit-a-thons during 2013.
 
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Nicholas Michael Bashour ([http://toolserver.org/~quentinv57/tools/sulinfo.php?username=AutoGyro&showinactivity=1&showblocks=1&showlocked=1 User:AutoGyro]) has been contributing to the English Wikipedia since 2007. As a member of the founding Board of Directors of The Wiki Society of Washington DC (which eventually became Wikimedia DC), Mr. Bashour has assisted in laying the basic foundations of the organization. In his current role, he hopes to expand the membership of the organization by organizing outreach events with various groups and organizations in the region. His interests include Open Source policies in government, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikinomics Wikinomics], international collaborations in arts and sciences, and access to free knowledge in developing regions. Outside of Wikimedia DC, Mr. Bashour works as an IRTA Fellow at the National Institutes of Health. He is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit with a dual-degree in Journalism and Biology. He can be followed on [http://www.twitter.com/nmichaelbashour Twitter] or [http://www.linkedin.com/in/nmbashour LinkedIn]
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Nicholas Michael Bashour ([http://toolserver.org/~quentinv57/tools/sulinfo.php?username=AutoGyro&showinactivity=1&showblocks=1&showlocked=1 User:AutoGyro]) has been contributing to the English Wikipedia since 2007. As a member of the founding Board of Directors of The Wiki Society of Washington DC (which eventually became Wikimedia DC), Mr. Bashour has assisted in laying the basic foundations of the organization. In his current role, he hopes to expand the membership of the organization by organizing outreach events with various groups and organizations in the region. His interests include Open Source policies in government, [[w:Wikinomics|Wikinomics]], international collaborations in arts and sciences, and access to free knowledge in developing regions. Outside of Wikimedia DC, Mr. Bashour works as an IRTA Fellow at the National Institutes of Health. He is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit with a dual-degree in Journalism and Biology. He can be followed on [http://www.twitter.com/nmichaelbashour Twitter] or [http://www.linkedin.com/in/nmbashour LinkedIn]
 
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Katie Filbert ([http://toolserver.org/~quentinv57/tools/sulinfo.php?username=Aude&showinactivity=1&showblocks=1&showlocked=1 User:Aude]) has been contributing to English Wikipedia since 2004. She has been active in the DC area meetup group since 2007, organizing meetups and events, and coordinating partnerships between Wikimedia DC and cultural institutions, including the Smithsonian, National Archives, and the District of Columbia Public Library. On Wikimedia projects, she serves as an admin on English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, handles customer service tickets, and hacks on MediaWiki software as a developer. She also is an active contributor to the [http://openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap] project. She currently is employed by [https://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland] as a developer on the [https://www.wikidata.org Wikidata] project. Filbert is [[:wikipedia:User:Aude|User:Aude]] on all Wikimedia projects and [http://twitter.com/filbertkm @filbertkm] on Twitter.
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Katie Filbert ([http://toolserver.org/~quentinv57/tools/sulinfo.php?username=Aude&showinactivity=1&showblocks=1&showlocked=1 User:Aude]) has been contributing to English Wikipedia since 2004. She has been active in the DC area meetup group since 2007, organizing meetups and events, and coordinating partnerships between Wikimedia DC and cultural institutions, including the Smithsonian, National Archives, and the District of Columbia Public Library. On Wikimedia projects, she serves as an admin on English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, handles customer service tickets, and hacks on MediaWiki software as a developer. She also is an active contributor to the [http://openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap] project. She currently is employed by [[wmde:|Wikimedia Deutschland]] as a developer on the [[d:|Wikidata]] project. Filbert is [[:wikipedia:User:Aude|User:Aude]] on all Wikimedia projects and [http://twitter.com/filbertkm @filbertkm] on Twitter.
 
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Revision as of 15:24, 23 April 2013


The Board of Directors of Wikimedia District of Columbia manages the business affairs of the organization pursuant to Article VI of the Wikimedia DC Bylaws. The Board currently consists of seven Directors:

  • James Hare
    President

  • Kristin Anderson
    Vice President

  • Kirill Lokshin
    Secretary

  • Peter Meyer
    Treasurer


  • Nicholas Michael Bashour
     

  • Katie Filbert
     

  • Kathryn Tinker
     
  • Most meetings of the Board are open to the general public; to see the schedule of upcoming meetings, as well as the minutes of past meetings, please visit the meetings page. A list of resolutions adopted by the Board is available on the resolutions page.