Dear Gabriel,
Could be great with a logo :) And with more activity!! :)
Depending on who the target group of the logo is, I would propose a less
"disabled" logo. Being offline can also mean to solve bandwidth issues,
to circumvent repressive governments or to just be more resilient in
some broader sense. It should be empowering.
Most offline solutions would build upon their own network infrastructure.
While I cannot create a logo, I would strongly suggest to use symbolism
of for instance "local area networks"
<https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=local%20area%20network%20icon&tbs=imgo:1>,
rather than "not connected" or "not online".
Best,
Ben
On 3/5/19 4:31 PM, Gabriel Thullen wrote:
First of all, I would like to thank Florence for
bringing this subject up.
I must admit that I did not know of the group's existence until one
day I "happened" upon it about one month ago. I was researching the
possibility of creating an Offline User Group, and had even created a
logo for a user group back in December 2018:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Offline_Logo.svg
I therefore propose this logo for the group.
I am also willing to work to get this User Group more active.
Best regards
Gabriel
On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 8:31 PM Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com
<mailto:meta.sj@gmail.com>> wrote:
For group contacts + reports : It would be good to have an annual
nomination thread, and short wiki vote, a few months before our
annual report? (/August/ each year)
That way we can use the same energy to summarize what's been
happening; those involved in active projects should feel welcome
to be liaisons; and we keep the meta pages up to date.
On board voting:
+ Arranging private votes has been a perennial weakness for the
movement. Would others be interested in public discussion of
pros/cons of different candidates?
+ I respect the concerns around voting multiple times: we want
people to be comfortable joining many groups while only voting
once. Is there any proposal yet re: how to do this?
+ Say that, per Nemo, only incorporated groups vote in the final
selection. Perhaps we could share formal recommendations with
that group, before their vote (and sort those out on Meta).
SJ
On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 9:39 AM Federico Leva (Nemo)
<nemowiki(a)gmail.com <mailto:nemowiki@gmail.com>> wrote:
Thanks for raising the point.
Florence Devouard, 27/02/19 14:17:
Yet... an WMF affiliate has some obligations...
so how
should we deal
with that in the least time-consuming,
least-bureaucratic,
least-expensive way, yet playing our role in representing,
recruting and
promoting offline in the mouvement ?
From my point of view as a supporter of offline projects, the
ideal
solution is that all affiliates agree that only incorporated
entities
will have a formal vote (whatever its weight) in the final
phase of the
selection of 2 board seats, to avoid creating new unwanted
work about
internal governance.
Alternatively, a simple method might be to decide that all
user groups
will have a discussion/vote on a certain wiki page where all
their
members can join (Meta-Wiki may be enough if it can be
public), so that
it's easy to identify unwanted patterns. (And establish a
quorum or
whatever other criteria is decided.)
Federico
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