One of Catherine Stihler’s first key priorities as CEO of Creative Commons is leading us to develop and articulate a new vision and strategy for the organization as we embark upon CC’s third decade. A major part of that work is hearing from you about your hopes and expectations for CC in the years ahead.

As the co-leaders of this strategy development, we have put together a structured process for gathering your initial input in the next three weeks. Here are the key elements:

What and why? This document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PLk11BEQMCttALMlgqNxPfyk8_VAQmbydyvFgaqN9R4/edit lays out the context and urgency for this work in order to give you more background about the need for and purpose of this new strategy.

How and when? We are providing methods for private written feedback, group discussions, and opportunities for one-on-one conversations. This process and timeline https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G36kNyQELSPEQfK9OGsHOfcoEyA6lZXX5bcOo5YMeoE/edit# explains the details, including dates.

Please note that this only reflects the start of a longer process. However, we hope as many of you as possible will give us the benefit of your insights before we put pen to paper on a first draft of the strategy. If any of the scheduled consultations do not work for you for any reason, we are happy to schedule a time to speak separately.

All the best,

Sarah Pearson (sarah@creativecommons.org) & Brigitte Vézina ( brigitte@creativecommons.org)