Gregory Varnum
he/him
Senior Strategist, Communications
Movement Communications
Location: United States
Timezone: Eastern (UTC-5/-4)
Volunteer account: Varnent
"By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mijn werk
I am currently a Senior Strategist in the Wikimedia Foundation's Communications Department. In this role, I work on a variety of activities generally related to corporate communications and community communications development. That includes communications with the community on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation and supporting volunteers and Wikimedia entities with their communications activities.
Previously, I worked on the implementation of the Access to nonpublic information policy and helped volunteers with signing the Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information.
I also work on other tasks and projects as requested by the Wikimedia Foundation.Over mij
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I have had an account on Wikimedia projects (starting with English Wikipedia) since December 2006 as Varnent. In addition to content editing, I have volunteered as a MediaWiki extension developer, member of the Affiliations Committee, member of the Wikimania Program Committee (2012, 2013, 2014, & 2015), volunteer coordinator of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections, OTRS volunteer, co-founder and advisor of the Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group, and various other activities and projects.
In my offline world, I have worked as a professional LGBTQ advocate, communications point person, policy wonk, tech nerd, nonprofit capacity building geek, and project coordinator. In late 2010, I founded and began development on WikiQueer, a Wikipedia style project for the LGBTQ communities. Beyond work and wikis, I enjoy video games, kayaking, photography, roller coasters, and movies.
Voorbehoud
Ik werk voor of lever diensten aan de Wikimedia Foundation, en dit is het account dat ik tracht te gebruiken voor bewerkingen of uitspraken die ik in die rol doe. De Foundation controleert echter niet al mijn activiteiten. De via dit account aangebrachte bewerkingen, verklaringen of andere bijdragen weerspiegelen daarom mogelijk niet de mening van de Foundation.