Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Esra’a Al Shafei to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

María Sefidari wrote: > […] > Mike, as Cristian says - the Wikimedia movement has a history of trying to > balance the safety concerns of volunteers in not-so-free regions (to put it > mildly...) with having them contribute to our projects and events. We > *need* these

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikidata] An answer to Lydia Pintscher regarding its considerations on Wikidata and CC-0

[I apologize for the longish response, and I will do what I can to take the rest of this offlist as needed. I just see a couple of places where I need to add more explanation.] On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 10:31 PM, mathieu stumpf guntz < psychosl...@culture-libre.org> wrote: > Hi Leila, > > First,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Esra’a Al Shafei to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

Fantastic. ! On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 3:59 PM, Christophe Henner 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

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Esra’a Al Shafei to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

Congratulations everyone! Esra'a is a wonderful addition to the Board. I'm delighted she was able to join! Best, Phoebe PS on the photos question, I worked closely with Esra'a on this for Wikimania - it was not difficult to accommodate no photos of her, and it's important. She has a lot of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Brazil

Since WMF is not interested in the deescalation of the conflict and actively obstructs the mediation process by doing something it said just a couple of days it wont' do, I am leaving my role as a mediator in this dispute resolution. P.S. This was for your information. I am not interested in your

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Esra’a Al Shafei to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

Welcome, Esra'a ! Fantastic, and congratulations! Regards, Scott On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Pierre-Selim wrote: > Welcome Esra'a ! > > Le 1 déc. 2017 23:23, "Michael Peel" a écrit : > > > Thank you, Esra’a, for volunteering! > > > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Esra’a Al Shafei to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

Respecting the privacy of others is one of our core values as a movement. Esra’a Al Shafei is not an anonymous person, AFAIK. If they are not willing to share their photos or video or does not wish to be photographed, I don't see any problem with that and I think we should respect their decision.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Esra’a Al Shafei to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

Welcome Esra'a! I look forward to working with you. :) Mike, as Cristian says - the Wikimedia movement has a history of trying to balance the safety concerns of volunteers in not-so-free regions (to put it mildly...) with having them contribute to our projects and events. We *need* these

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Esra’a Al Shafei to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

Welcome Esra’a! And thank you Cristian for remming us all, about one of the (non-written :-) core values of Wikimedia. From the very beginning of the movement the idea that people can participate anonymously and that we respect privacy has been important. Lets keep it this way. -

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Esra’a Al Shafei to Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees

Welcome Esra’a, Thanks Cristian for remming us all, about one of the (non-written :-) core values of Wikimedia. From the very beginning of the movement the idea that people can participate anonymously and that we respect privacy has been important. Lets keep it this way. - Teemu On 2 Dec