Website Express director elected to prestigious RSA Fellowship

Website Express director, James Forbes Keir, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).

The RSA is an enlightenment organisation which is committed to finding innovative practical solutions to today's social challenges. Through its ideas, research and Fellowship, it "seeks to understand and enhance human capability to close the gap between today's reality and people's hopes for a better world".

Based in London and founded in 1754, the RSA was granted a Royal Charter in 1847 and the right to use the term Royal in its name by King Edward VII in 1908.

The RSA Fellowship is a network of people from a wide range of backgrounds, united by a desire to build a better society. There are Fellows in more than 80 countries, working together for the benefit of their communities.

The RSA supports Fellows in developing local networks and initiatives and through RSA Catalyst programme it provides money and expertise to Fellow-led ideas that aim to have a positive social impact.

Through his work James supports the development of open source software and provides state-of-the-art technical solutions to financial, educational and non-governmental organisations worldwide. He and his colleagues are actively exploring the provision of e-learning solutions using the Drupal open source framework to deliver efficiency savings and increased productivity for organisations operating around the world.

Reacting to news of his Fellowship, James said:

"Being elected a Fellow of the RSA is a great honour for both me and Website Express. It is even more of an honour to join a highly respected society whose past and present members include Charles Dickens, Adam Smith, Benjamin Franklin, Karl Marx, William Hogarth, John Diefenbaker, Stephen Hawking and Tim Berners-Lee and which is committed to finding innovative and practical solutions to today's social challenges. Further to this, my election to the RSA falls in line with the goals of Website Express in making a real impact on business and the professions."

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