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• [Wikizine] - needs a core staff member to be able to produce a new edition on a weekly basis and with an acceptable quality. Looking for news, writing items for Wikizine, finalizing and sending it out. If interested contact [[meta:user:Walter]] for more information.
• http://report.wikizine.org
• walter AT wikizine DOT org

• [Organizational changes] - interim Executive Director Brad Patrick is not longer executive director. He is now only General Counsel (lawyer)  Because there is now no executive director anymore the responsibilities are temporary dived between some board members and WMF-staff members. The search for a new executive director continues. The WMF has hired the firm "Phillips Oppenheim" to find an executive director for the WMF.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-02-05/Board_changes
• [New hire] - The Wikimedia Foundation has hired Notafish (Delphine Ménard) as Chapters Coordinator. This function is "fostering of relationships between Chapters and Foundation as well as with the developing
  of Chapters and related activities." Notafish has done this function until now as a volunteer.
• http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/14251

• [CafePress] - The Wikimedia shop with T-shirts and other stuff is updated. The prizes are still high.
• http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.misc/29235

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