Michael Snow (attorney)

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.

Education

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

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.

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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Preceded by Florence Devouard	Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation July 17, 2008 – July 9, 2010	Succeeded by Ting Chen

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Name	Snow, Michael
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Date of birth	1974
Place of birth	Pfullendorf, Germany
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