Dear Geoff and Yana,
The recent LCA consultations have been models of collaborative policy
review. Thank you for your thoughtful approach, and for adding background
and texture to our movement's knowledge on each topic.
Sam
On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Yana Welinder <ywelinder(a)wikimedia.org>wrote;wrote:
Hi Dariusz,
Thanks for the note and for your appreciation. It was our pleasure to help
work this out and reach an informed decision with the community. It also
helped inform the larger consultation on the proposed trademark policy [1].
Trying to reconcile the law with a decentralized movement is not always
easy. But it definitely makes our job interesting. :)
Best,
Yana and Geoff
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trademark_policy
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj(a)alk.edu.pl
wrote:
Dear Geoff and Yana,
even though the consultation results indicate that collective membership
mark may have a slightly stronger support than abandoning all trademark
registration, the issue is clearly very divisive. Taking the way the
issue
developed and its history, and past communication
problems on the way, I
think that recognizing a lack of clear consensus as a good reason to keep
the status quo is sensible. I would like to thank you and commend you for
your hard work, but also for your flexibility - it must have been tough
to
> put in many hours and work on a solution you believe is best for the
> community, and then withdraw.
>
> best,
>
> Dariusz Jemielniak "pundit"
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 2:05 AM, Geoff Brigham <gbrigham(a)wikimedia.org
>
wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The consultation<
> >
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation
> >has
> been closed on the question about the community logo registration.
> Many thanks to everyone who provided their comments. Based on the
> consultation, we will be recommending to the Board that we withdraw
> WMFtrademark registration and protection of the Community logo.
>
> Many thanks to all,
>
> Geoff and Yana
>
> [1]
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Logo/Request_for_consultation
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