Welcome, Esra'a !
Fantastic, and congratulations!
Regards, Scott
On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Pierre-Selim <pierre-selim(a)huard.info>
wrote:
Welcome Esra'a !
Le 1 déc. 2017 23:23, "Michael Peel" <email(a)mikepeel.net> a écrit :
Thank you, Esra’a, for volunteering!
However, I’m very concerned by this:
"P.S. Due to the nature of Esra’a’s work, sharing photos or videos of
Esra’a may endanger her safety or the safety of others. To help ensure
the
privacy and safety of Esra’a and her colleagues,
we are not sharing any
photographs or videos of Esra'a. We ask that you please join us in
supporting this important safety consideration.”
This is security by obscurity (
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133735) -
which is at best a temporary measure that won’t last, particularly in a
high-profile position like this. Aside from the potential media coverage,
Wikimedia events are very well photographed by Wikimedians who want to
illustrate a rather well-read encyclopaedia… This leads to an awkward
situation where someone’s safety and Wikimedia’s openness are
conflicting,
which is not OK.
Thanks,
Mike
> On 1 Dec 2017, at 19:59, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> Thank you, Christophe, for sharing this excellent news.
>
> Those of you who were at Wikimania or watching on the livestream had
the
chance to
get acquainted with Esra'a through her keynote. I'm certain
that,
> if you were part of that audience, you'll join me in agreeing that she
is
an
exceptional and accomplished individual who brings a whole host of
talents to our movement. I'm personally delighted that she will be
lending
> her perspective and wisdom to our movement and to the governance of the
> Wikimedia Foundation. There is so much we can learn from her, and I
hope
she finds
her tenure on the Board to be rewarding.
Esra'a, thank you so very much for joining our Board and engaging even
more
with our movement! It is an honor to have this
opportunity to work with
you.
>
> Yours,
> Katherine
>
> On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> Fantastic Wikimania keynote, fascinating addition to the board,
fabulous
>
addition to our community.
>
> Welcome.
>
>
> On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 at 22:28, Anna Stillwell <astillwell(a)wikimedia.org
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Welcome, Esra'a. Thank you for taking the time to serve. I look
forward
>> to
>>> your contribution.
>>> /a
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Christophe Henner <
>> chenner(a)wikimedia.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> With the appointment of Raju to the Board of Trustees a couple of
>> months
>>>> ago, we were left with a remaining open vacancy to fill. I am
thrilled
>> to
>>>> share that after several months of searching and discussions, we
have
>>
made
>>> another important appointment. At our November Board Retreat, the
Board
>>> appointed and welcomed Esra’a Al
Shafei to fill our vacant expert
seat.
>>>
>>> Esra'a is a prominent international human rights activist and social
>>> entrepreneur. She founded and directs Majal, a nonprofit which
utilizes
>>>> digital media to amplify under-reported and marginalized voices
>>> throughout
>>>> the Middle East and North Africa. For those of you that heard her
>> keynote
>>>> presentation at this year's Wikimania, I think you will agree she
will
>>> make
>>>> a very valuable addition to the Board and brings an important
>> perspective
>>>> and skillset to the Board's efforts.
>>>>
>>>> Below (and on the Wikimedia Blog) you will find the official
>> announcement
>>>> about Esra’a Al Shafei. Please join me in warmly welcoming her to
the
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees and to the Wikimedia
movement!
>>>>
>>>> Christophe
>>>> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>>>>
>>>> P.S. Due to the nature of Esra’a’s work, sharing photos or videos of
>>> Esra’a
>>>> may endanger her safety or the safety of others. To help ensure the
>>> privacy
>>>> and safety of Esra’a and her colleagues, we are not sharing any
>>> photographs
>>>> or videos of Esra'a. We ask that you please join us in supporting
this
>>>> important safety consideration.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Press release
>>>>
>>>> Header: Esra'a Al Shafei joins Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees
>>>>
>>>> Subheader: Bahraini human rights activist and social entrepreneur
>> brings
>>> to
>>>> the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees more than a decade of
>>> experience
>>>> in applying creative solutions to challenges faced by underserved
and
>>>> underrepresented communities.
>>>>
>>>> Image:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esraa.png[a]
>>>> <https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1wNmwgJkUPp25nVLRVgX5WzU_
>>>> LuEi5a9gJDpB7HWEft4/mobilebasic#cmnt1>
>>>> [b]
>>>> <https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1wNmwgJkUPp25nVLRVgX5WzU_
>>>> LuEi5a9gJDpB7HWEft4/mobilebasic#cmnt2>
>>>> [c]
>>>> <https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1wNmwgJkUPp25nVLRVgX5WzU_
>>>> LuEi5a9gJDpB7HWEft4/mobilebasic#cmnt3>
>>>> [d]
>>>> <https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1wNmwgJkUPp25nVLRVgX5WzU_
>>>> LuEi5a9gJDpB7HWEft4/mobilebasic#cmnt4>
>>>>
>>>> San Francisco, California, 1 December 2017 — The Wikimedia
Foundation
>>
today
>>> announced the appointment of Esra'a Al Shafei, a prominent human
rights
>>> activist and a passionate defender of
free expression, to the
Wikimedia
>>>> Foundation Board of Trustees.
>>>>
>>>> A native of Bahrain, Esra'a’s work aims to increase and protect
free
>>>> speech, promote expression for youth and underrepresented voices,
and
>>>> improve the lives of LGBTQ
people in the Middle East and North
Africa.
>>> She
>>>> founded and directs Majal, a network of online platforms that
>>>> amplify under-reported and marginalized voices.
>>>>
>>>> “Esra'a shares Wikimedia's foundational belief that shared
knowledge
>> can
>>>> facilitate shared understanding,” said Wikimedia Foundation
Executive
>>>> Director, Katherine Maher.
"Her achievements exemplify how
intentional
>>> community building can be a powerful tool for positive change, while
>>> her passion
>>> for beautiful and engaging user experiences will only elevate our
work.
>>> We
>>>> are so fortunate to have her perspective in support of our global
>>> Wikimedia
>>>> communities."
>>>>
>>>> Esra'a founded Majal in 2006 as Mideast Youth, at the time a series
of
>>>> blogs bringing a voice to
marginalized and underrepresented young
>>>> people across the Middle East. Today, the organization's team helps
>> build
>>>> communities that celebrate, protect, and promote diversity and
social
>>>> justice. Their endeavors include
CrowdVoice.org, which curates
>>> crowdsourced
>>>> media to contextualize social movements throughout the world;
Mideast
>>>> Tunes, the largest web and
mobile app showcasing underground
musicians
>> in
>>>> the Middle East and North Africa who use music as a tool for social
>>> change;
>>>> and
Ahwaa.org, an open discussion platform for Arab LGBTQ
individuals
>>
that
>>> uses game mechanics to protect and engage its community.
>>>
>>>
>>> “When I first encountered Wikipedia shortly after obtaining an
internet
>>>> connection in the early 2000s, I felt that the true purpose of the
>>> internet
>>>> was realized. With Wikipedia, I accessed research regarding
persecuted
>>>> communities in my home country
and the wider region: ethnic and
>> religious
>>>> minorities whom we were discouraged from learning about, and whose
>>>> histories and beliefs were dictated to us from a singular government
>>>> perspective. Wikipedia’s open source and crowdsourcing practices
would
>>>> inspire the platforms I built to
advocate for underrepresented
>>> communities,
>>>> and the internet would shape my life’s work in advocating for
freedom
>> of
>>>> expression and identity around the world,” said Esra'a.
>>>>
>>>> Esra'a received the Berkman Award for Internet Innovation from the
>>> Berkman
>>>> Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School in 2008
for
>>>> "outstanding contributions
to the internet and its impact on
society."
>>> The
>>>> World Economic Forum listed her as one of "15 Women Changing the
World
>> in
>>>> 2015." She has won the "Most Courageous Media" Prize from
Free Press
>>>> Unlimited, and the Monaco Media Prize, which acknowledges innovative
>> uses
>>>> of media for the betterment of humanity.
>>>>
>>>> She has been featured in Fast Company as one of the "100 Most
Creative
>>>> People in Business;" in The
Daily Beast as one of the 17 bravest
>> bloggers
>>>> worldwide; and in Forbes' "30 Under 30" list of social
entrepreneurs
>>> making
>>>> an impact in the world.
>>>>
>>>> Esra'a was a keynote speaker at Wikimania 2017 in Montreal, the
annual
>>>> conference centered on the
Wikimedia projects.
>>>>
>>>> “Esra'a brings tech expertise and a valuable perspective to the
Board
-
>>>> coming from a region where access to information is not taken for
>>> granted.
>>>> I was impressed by her talk during Wikimania 2017 on 'Experiences
from
>>> the
>>>> Middle East: Overcoming Challenges and Serving Communities'. I
think
>> her
>>>> experience in that region will be important to our efforts around
the
>>> globe,” said Nataliia Tymkiv, Governance Chair for the Board.
>>>
>>> Esra'a is a senior TED Fellow, an Echoing Green fellow, and a
> Director’s
>>> Fellow at the MIT Media Lab. She received a Shuttleworth Foundation
>>> Fellowship in 2012 for her work on
CrowdVoice.org.
>>>
>>> Esra'a joins nine other Foundation Trustees
>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%
>>>
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>>> 26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1512164054873000%26amp;usg%
>>>
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>>> AFQjCNGS6qlGUSUBQzF5PmvviPecf7Kw4A>
>>> who
>>> collectively bring expertise in the Wikimedia community, financial
>>> oversight, governance, and organizational development; and a
commitment
>>> to
>>>> advancing Wikimedia’s mission of free knowledge for all.
>>>>
>>>> She was approved unanimously by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
>>> Trustees.
>>>> Her term is effective December 2017 and will continue for three
years.
>>>> Please see the Wikimedia
Foundation Board of Trustees
>>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%
>>>>
3Dhttps://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees%
>>>> 26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1512164054873000%26amp;usg%
>>>>
3DAFQjCNHvsp86oFFv5hD8SZzexjBIHdrkWA&sa=D&ust=1512164054901000&usg=
>>>> AFQjCNGS6qlGUSUBQzF5PmvviPecf7Kw4A>
>>>> for
>>>> complete biographies.
>>>>
>>>> About the Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>
>>>> The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that
supports
> and
>>> operates Wikipedia and its sister free knowledge projects. Wikipedia
is
>> the
>>> world’s free knowledge resource, spanning more than 45 million
articles
>>> across nearly 300 languages. Every
month, more than 200,000 people
edit
>>>> Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, collectively creating and
>> improving
>>>> knowledge that is accessed by more than 1 billion unique devices
every
>>>> month. This all makes Wikipedia
one of the most popular web
properties
> in
>>> the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia
Foundation
>>> is
>>>> a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and
>>> grants.
>>>>
>>>> Esra’a Al Shafei profile
>>>>
>>>> Esra'a Al Shafei is a human rights activist and the founder and
>> director
>>> of
>>>> Majal, a nonprofit which helps build communities that celebrate,
>> protect,
>>>> and promote diversity, and social justice.
>>>>
>>>> A native of Bahrain, Esra'a works avidly to increase and protect
free
>>>> speech, promote expression for
youth and underrepresented voices,
and
>>>> improve the lives of LGBTQ
people in the Middle East and North
Africa.
>>> She
>>>> founded Majal in 2006 as Mideast Youth. The organization has built
>> online
>>>> platforms that creatively facilitate the struggle for social change
in
>>> the
>>>> Middle East and North Africa.
>>>>
>>>> Esra'a received the Berkman Award for Internet Innovation from
Berkman
>>>> Klein Center for Internet &
Society at Harvard Law School in 2008
for
>>>> "outstanding contributions
to the internet and its impact on
society."
>>> The
>>>> World Economic Forum listed her as one of "15 Women Changing the
World
> in
>>> 2015."
>>>
>>> She has won the "Most Courageous Media" Prize from Free Press
> Unlimited,
>>> and the Monaco Media Prize, which acknowledges innovative uses of
media
>>> for
>>>> the betterment of humanity.
>>>>
>>>> Esra'a is a senior TED Fellow, an Echoing Green fellow, and a
>> Director’s
>>>> Fellow at the MIT Media Lab. She received a Shuttleworth Foundation
>>>> Fellowship in 2012 for her work on
CrowdVoice.org. She lives in the
>>> Middle
>>>> East and North Africa region.
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