Michael Snow (attorney)

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Michael Snow

Michael Snow in 2008
Born 1974
Pfullendorf, Germany

Michael Snow (born in Pfullendorf, Germany)[1] is a Seattle-based lawyer and was chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees from 2008 to 2010.[2] He now serves on the Advisory Board of the Foundation.

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[edit] Education

Snow received his law degree from the University of Washington Law School.

[edit] Wikipedia

Snow has volunteered for Wikipedia since December 2003.[3] He is also a Wikipedia administrator and the founder of the English Wikipedia community newsletter, The Wikipedia Signpost.[4]

In 2006 Snow served as a spokesman for the Wikimedia Foundation,[5] was appointed to the board in February 2008 and elected chairman on July 17, 2008.[6]

At the Wikimania 2010 conference in Gdansk, Poland in July, Ting Chen replaced Snow as chair.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Board of Trustees – Michael Snow". wikimediafoundation.org. Wikimedia Foundation. March 12, 2009. http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Board_of_Trustees&oldid=38705. Retrieved 2009-05-15. 
  2. ^ McCarthy, Caroline (2008-07-18). "Wikimedia Foundation edits its board of trustees". CNET. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9994148-36.html. Retrieved 2008-07-22. 
  3. ^ 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 2008-08-02. 
  4. ^ 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 2008-08-02. 
  5. ^ Chao, Loretta (2006-10-17). "Beijing Partially Lifts Year-Old Ban on Wikipedia". The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones & Company, Inc.). 
  6. ^ "Welcome to our new chair...". English Wikipedia mailing list. http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2008-July/044723.html. Retrieved 2008-07-22. 

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Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by
Florence Devouard
Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation
July 17, 2008 – July 9, 2010
Succeeded by
Ting Chen


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