Michael Snow (attorney)
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Michael Snow (born in Pfullendorf, Germany)[1] is a Seattle-based lawyer and the current chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.[2] He was elected on July 17, 2008, after being appointed to the board in February.[3]
Snow has volunteered for Wikipedia since December 2003.[4] He is also a Wikipedia administrator and the founder of the English Wikipedia community newsletter, The Signpost.[5] In 2006 Snow served as a spokesman for the Wikimedia Foundation.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Foundation Bio at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees##Michael_Snow
- ^ McCarthy, Caroline (2008-07-18). "Wikimedia Foundation edits its board of trustees". CNET. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9994148-36.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-22.
- ^ "Welcome to our new chair...". English Wikipedia mailing list. http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2008-July/044723.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-22.
- ^ Withers, Stephen (2008-07-23). "Wikimedia Foundation trustees get new chair and a new member". iTWire. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19594/50/. Retrieved on 2008-08-02.
- ^ Cohen, Noam (2007-03-05). "A Contributor to Wikipedia Has His Fictional Side". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/05/technology/05wikipedia.html?hp=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved on 2008-08-02.
- ^ Chao, Loretta (2006-10-17). "Beijing Partially Lifts Year-Old Ban on Wikipedia". The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones & Company, Inc.).
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Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation July 17, 2008 |
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