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Wikimedia CH General Assembly 2012
File:Benutzer 80686 1.jpg18th April 2004 ARD (German TV)-Ratgeber Technik (Video)
- Real Name: Manuel Schneider
- Location: tri-border area south-west Germany (CH: 20 min, FR: 20 min, AT/LI: 2 h)
- 1981: birth
- 1988 - 1992: primary school
- 1992 - 2000: Gymnasium
- 1999: registration of my first business (computer services, to earn some pocket money)
- 2000 - 2003: apprenticeship - qualified IT specialist for systems integration
- 2003 - 2005: IT operator in the process water industry (vapor-compression evaporation)
- 2004 - 2007: studies in Switzerland - Dipl.-Ing. FH (Engineer / BSc) in applied Computer Science
- 2008 - 2012: IT engineer in the heat exchanger industry
- 2008 - 2009: Germany
- 2009 - 2012: Europe
- 2013 - 2014: masterssystems Serverhosting & -Management - self-employed
- 2015 - 2016: IT engineer in the heat exchanger industry
- 2017 - 2019: IT manager of an automotive supplier / aluminium casting
- since 2020: internal / external IT for industrial automation / refrigeration / pharma (GMP, GAMP 5, CFR21 Part 11)
I am an alemannic native speaker
- 2006 (Cambridge, MA): my first Wikimania, sent on behalf of Wikimedia CH
- 2007 (Taipeh): video streaming
- 2008 (Alexandria): speaker on Wikipedia Offline (project start)
- 2009 (Buenos Aires):
- 2010 (Gdansk):
- 2011 (Haifa):
- 2012 (Washington D.C.):
- 2013
- acquisition of wikimania.org and wikimania.com on behalf of Wikimedia CH to make it available for the movement
- Hong Kong:
- 2014 (London):
- member of the Jury selecting London as host for Wikimania 2014
- since 2004: member
- 2005 - 2007: hoster and sponsor of wikipedia.de (following the Tron controversy and takedown by original hoster)
- since 2008: registrar of toolserver.org (paid)
- 2012: received support from the Community Project Budget to set up WikiTV
- 2013: nominated for the Zedler Award, Category II: Community Project of the Year - as part of the WikiCon 2012 team
- founding member
- 2006 - 2011: observer of the board and representative of Wikimedia CH at Wikimania, Wikimedia Conference etc. (but never been a board member)
- long-term host and sponsor of all technical infrastructure
- since 2009: ICANN At-Large contact on behalf of Wikimedia CH
- since 2012: service provider (paid)
- since 2013: Chief Information Officer (on freelance basis) [1]
- observer and supporter of the foundation process
- long-term host and sponsor of all technical infrastructure
- 2010 - 2012: board member (advisor)
- since 2012: ICANN At-Large contact on behalf of Wikimedia Österreich
- since 2012: service provider (paid)
- since 2012: WCA Council member on behalf of Wikimedia Österreich
- 2007 - 2012 host and sponsor of wikimedia.org.il and all attached sites
- since 2007: host and sponsor of distribution server and download rotation for Wikipedia DVDs
- 2008 - 2012: project lead of openZIM (Wikipedia Offline project)
- since 2010: host and sponsor of wikimedia.or.ke
- 2011 - 2013: host and sponsor of wikimedia.in and all attached sites
- since 2011: host and sponsor of kansai.wikimedia.jp
- since 2012: host and sponsor of wikimedia.sk
on air at Freies Radio Wiesental - with studio guest Wolfgang Miessmer
- free and open source software activist
- 2001: founding member of local Linux Usergroup
- 2005: organiser of IT/Linux Days with Jon 'maddog' Hall in the frame of a regional consumer fair
- producer at a free, non-commercial radio station in Germany Podcast
- 2005 - 2008: board member of the radio station
- since 2009: board member at EURALO (ICANN European Regional At-Large Organisation)
