[okfn-discuss] On Being Gremlin Free and A Proper Hello

Wed Sep 5 09:12:19 UTC 2012

I second Lucy :-) very glad to have you with us, Meg! Naomi

On 5 September 2012 10:00, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:

> That's definitely one of the best intro emails I've seen in a long
> time. Welcome Meg, we're really happy to have you on board!
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> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Meg Foulkes <meg.foulkes at okfn.org> wrote:
> > Hi everyone: just a note to let you know that the evil cyber gremlins
> that
> > have been plaguing me lately have now officially gone, so I should be
> > receiving all mail OK. I thought I should say a little to introduce
> myself
> > properly, now I'm up and running!
> >
> > I'm very pleased to be here at OKFN. After studying English at
> Cambridge, I
> > temped in quite a random fashion for some time (most random,
> definitely,was
> > my time as administrator for a warehouse which dispatched reconditioned
> > artificial limbs for the NHS. I will never forget the enormous piles of
> arms
> > and legs waiting to go out!).
> >
> > In 2004, I started working an Immigration Detention Centre (basically a
> > prison) near Cambridge, initially in the admin. office of a legal NGO
> > (inside the centre compound), which provided advice and representation to
> > those seeking asylum in the UK. After studying for a legal accreditation
> in
> > my spare time, I then became a legal representative for the Refugee Legal
> > Centre. My job was to take my client's story, often including
> experiences of
> > torture, and my role necessitated a fair deal of ad-hoc counselling. I
> then
> > spoke as advocate at their on-site hearing with the Home Office, before
> they
> > were often bundled in the back of a van for deportation at Heathrow.
> >
> > On another note, this prison was where I met my would-be husband. I left
> the
> > RLC when government funding cuts led to redundancies. I now live in
> Fulham,
> > west London with our two children. I am a published poet and have read at
> > several conferences of contemporary poetry. I have a strong interest in
> the
> > work of the OKFN and hope to become a useful part of your team. Bear
> with me
> > whilst I get up to speed!
> >
> > Meg  x
> >
> > --
> > Meg Foulkes
> > Foundation Administrator
> > Open Knowledge Foundation
> > http://okfn.org/
> > Skype: megfoulkes
> >
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> --
> Lucy Chambers
> Community Coordinator,
> OpenSpending & Data Journalism
> Open Knowledge Foundation
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Naomi Lillie
Foundation Administrator and Community Coordinator
Open Knowledge Foundation
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