Sorry to be late to the party. I have a bit trouble understanding the structure of the discussion page (many opinions seem to be unsigned and it is unclear what is opinion and what is statement of consensus) but I have tried to add some remarks here and there. <div>

<br></div><div>Lodewijk<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">No dia 1 de Março de 2012 18:46, Bishakha Datta <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bishakhadatta@gmail.com">bishakhadatta@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> escreveu:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

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<div><br></div><div>A quick update on New Models of Affiliation for the Wikimedia Movement since the publication of the board letter on 13 Feb. The letter is at <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_affiliation_models" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_affiliation_models</a>. From the emails responding to this, SJ and I extracted a number of relevant questions that are slowly being discussed on the talk page.</div>






<div><br></div></div><div>A small informal working group is aiming to move this discussion forward in the next 15 days. We are:</div><div><div><br></div><div>Bence Damakos - ChapCom</div><div>Bishakha Datta - WMF Board</div>





<div>Joan Goma - Amical</div></div></div><div><div><div><div>Sam Klein - WMF Board
</div><div>Delphine Menard - WM DE, ChapCom</div><div>Achal Prabhala - ChapCom advisor</div><div>Marcos Talles - WM ES</div><div>Galileo Vidoni - WM AR</div><div><br></div><div><span>Our aim is to discuss and progressively fine-tune the draft proposal on New Models of Affiliation for the Wikimedia Movement. Each of the members is already part of this  discussion, has expressed a deeper interest in the issue, or is likely to be affected by it. </span>
</div><div><br></div><div>We will conduct our discussions on meta at <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models</a> as per the following timetable:</div>






<div><br></div></div><div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>2.1 <span style="line-height:19px">Affiliation models, names, and overlaps <br></span></b></font></div><div><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Affiliation_models.2C_names.2C_and_overlaps" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Affiliation_models.2C_names.2C_and_overlaps</a></div>






<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19px">Deadline to add our comments and additional questions to this section: 2 March</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19px"><br>



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</div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19px"></span></font><b>2.2 Requirements for recognition <br></b></div><div><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Requirements_for_Recognition" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Requirements_for_Recognition</a></div>






<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px">Deadline to add our comments, more questions to this section: 4 March</span></div><br></div><div><div><b style="line-height:19px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">2.3  Rights and duties </b></div>



<div><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Rights_and_Duties" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Rights_and_Duties</a></div>






<div>Deadline for our comments and questions: 6 March</div><br></div><div><div><b>2.4 Overlaps and privileged status within a region </b></div><div><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Overlaps_and_privileged_status_within_a_.28region.2Fcontext.29" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Overlaps_and_privileged_status_within_a_.28region.2Fcontext.29</a></div>






<div>Deadline for c and q: 8 March</div><br></div><div><div><b>2.5 Membership, communities and collaboration</b></div><div><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Membership.2C_Communities.2C_and_Collaboration" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Membership.2C_Communities.2C_and_Collaboration</a> <br>






Deadline: 10 March</div><br></div><div><div><b>2.6 Mentoring and review</b></div><div><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Mentoring_and_review.2Fsummary_of_groups" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Mentoring_and_review.2Fsummary_of_groups</a></div>






<div>Deadline: 12 March</div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><b>2.7 Governance</b></div><div class="gmail_quote"><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Governance" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_affiliation_models#Governance</a></div>






<div class="gmail_quote">Deadline: 14 March</div><br></div></div></div><div><div>It would help us immensely if any of you with an interest in this issue would participate in the meta discussion as per the time-table above. (Broken into bite-sized pieces to ensure we can focus on smaller bits; the whole thing is a lot to chew off at once). I will continue to announce the smaller bits at the start of each to stimulate participation - and get back next week on steps after 14 March.</div>






<div><br></div></div><div>We hope this will help us develop the New Models of Affiliation draft proposal into a solid set of recommendations and look forward to your interest and participation. </div><div><br></div>


<div>Cheers</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><div>Bishakha</div>
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