Wikimedia Foundation/Legal/Team responsibilities
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Geoff Brigham, General Counsel
[edit]Practice areas
[edit]- Advisor to the Executive Director and Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF)
- Oversight of all WMF legal and community advocacy issues (set out below)
- WMF C-level duties and responsibilities
Michelle Paulson, Legal Counsel
[edit]Practice Areas
[edit]- Community Oversight (content, discrimination, harassment, OTRS)
- Contests/Surveys
- Copyright (DMCA, international)
- Domain Names (enforcement, management)
- Fundraising/finance
- Global (India, Brazil, MENA)
- Intern Program
- Internal Policies
- Legal-Related HR Queries
- Litigation
- Major Contracts (mobile contracts, technology contracts, etc.)
- Miscellaneous Intellectual Property (moral rights, personality rights, trade secrets, etc.)
- Payments/Financial Services-Related Legal Queries
- Police Requests/User Information Requests
- Privacy (privacy policy, community strategy)
- Trademarks (litigation, management)
Stephen LaPorte, Legal Counsel
[edit]Practice areas
[edit]- Board governance
- Consumer Protection/Marketing/Fundraising Communications
- Content issues
- Copyright and Intellectual Property
- FDC (Grants)
- Legislative Affairs
- Major Contracts (e.g., movement entities, technology)
- Privacy Issues
- Subpoenas
- Trademarks (enforcement; licensing)
- Wiki syntax
- Supports a wide variety of office needs that don't fit easily into a pigeon hole.
Daisy Chen, Paralegal
[edit]Responsibilities
[edit]- Cease and desist letters
- Community advocacy group support
- Charitable registrations
- Contract review, drafting and management // contract approval and tracking process
- DMCA takedown records
- Event management (primarily the coordination of foilball-throwing at Geoff)
- Legal intern program
- Litigation support
- Trademarks
Philippe Beaudette, Director, Community Advocacy
[edit]Responsibilities
[edit]- Community advocacy development
- General community issues
- Questions on Arbitration Committees, project governance, movement structure, and rights assignments
- Coordinating with volunteer email response team administrators on non-technical issues
Maggie Dennis, Senior Community Advocate
[edit]Responsibilities
[edit]- Communication and liaison between staff and community members
- Emerging trends in projects
- Community advocacy support
- Tracking community issues to resolution