{"id":14,"date":"2014-05-09T14:32:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T14:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/?p=14"},"modified":"2014-05-09T14:36:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T14:36:56","slug":"new-council-members-and-mentors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/2014\/05\/09\/new-council-members-and-mentors\/","title":{"rendered":"New Council Members and Mentors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce that three new members of the Council have been elected. Welcome <a title=\"Emma\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/emma_irwin_\/\">Emma Irwin<\/a>, <a title=\"Raj\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/gautha91\/\">Gauthamraj Elango<\/a>, and <a title=\"Arturo\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/thephoenixbird\/\">Arturo Martinez<\/a>! They bring with them skills they have picked up and Reps mentors, and as community builders both inside Mozilla and in other fields. A HUGE thank you to the outgoing council members &#8211; <a title=\"Ioana\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/ioana_chiorean\/\">Ioana Chiorean<\/a>, <a title=\"Bob\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/bobreyes\/\">Bob Reyes<\/a>, and <a title=\"Melek\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/melek\/\">Melek Jebnoun<\/a>. We are hoping you continue to use your talents and experience to continue in a leadership role in Reps and Mozilla.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/people\/group\/Council\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/files\/2014\/05\/CouncilApr2014-600x228.png\" alt=\"Council April 2014\" width=\"600\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/files\/2014\/05\/CouncilApr2014-600x228.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/files\/2014\/05\/CouncilApr2014-252x96.png 252w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/files\/2014\/05\/CouncilApr2014.png 1010w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Current Council Members<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Mozilla Reps Council is the governing body of the Mozilla Reps Program. It provides the general vision of the program and oversees day-to-day operations globally. Currently, 7 volunteers and 2 paid staff sit on the council. <a title=\"Mozilla Wiki - Reps Council\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/ReMo\/Council\">Find out more on the ReMo wiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another crucial role in Mozilla Reps is that of a mentor. We strive for every Rep to become a mentor for the program to become self-sustaining and for Reps to play a central role in our ambitious goals for growing and enabling the Mozilla Community. We&#8217;ve just accepted nine new mentors, bring the <a title=\"Mozilla Reps Mentors\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/people\/group\/Mentor\/\">current total to 49<\/a>. Our new mentors are:<\/p>\n<div id=\"magicdomid4\">\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li><span class=\"author-g-pf881q0z122z4aqrh458\"><a title=\"Shahid\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/shahidfarooqui\/\">Shahid Farooqui<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Faye\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/fayetandog\/\"><span class=\"author-g-pf881q0z122z4aqrh458\">Faye Tandog<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"author-g-pf881q0z122z4aqrh458\"><a title=\"Chaasof\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/ChaaSof\/\">Sofien Chaabouni<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"author-g-pf881q0z122z4aqrh458\"><a title=\"Ankit\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/ankitgadgil\/\">Ankit Gadgil<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Alex\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/alex_lakatos\/\"><span class=\"author-g-1y4d77b2p5eaf87r\">Alex Lakatos<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-p-14340\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sara\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/saraprussak\/\"><span class=\"author-g-1y4d77b2p5eaf87r\">Sara Prussak<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-p-14340\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"author-g-pf881q0z122z4aqrh458\"><a title=\"Hugo\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/nex\/\">Hugo Acosta<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"author-g-pf881q0z122z4aqrh458\"><a title=\"William\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/williamr\/\">William Reynolds<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"San James\" href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/sjolweny85\/\"><span class=\"author-g-1y4d77b2p5eaf87r\">San Emmanuel James<\/span><\/a><span class=\"author-g-pf881q0z122z4aqrh458\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Mozilla Wiki - Reps Mentors\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/ReMo\/Mentors\">Mentors<\/a>, together with the Council members, are the backbone of the Mozilla Reps program. They make sure things run smoothly, they ensure that Reps are supported and have what they need to be impactful in their region. Last but not least, together with Council members, they help plan and pave the way forward to ensure that the program keeps getting better while staying true to the Mozilla mission.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t hesitate to get in touch us &#8211; Reps, Mentors, Council members &#8211; to find out more and ask if we can help in any way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce that three new members of the Council have been elected. Welcome Emma Irwin, Gauthamraj Elango, and Arturo Martinez! They bring with them skills they have &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/2014\/05\/09\/new-council-members-and-mentors\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":627,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47912],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/627"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/mozillareps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}