Thanks, Dimi!<span></span><br><br>On Saturday, March 21, 2015, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov &lt;<a href="mailto:dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com">dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Michelle,<br><br></div>I want to second Niko and thank you for the heads-up. <br><br></div>I also want to share that as someone active in EU advocacy for Wikimedia and as a volunteer fully support this!<br><br></div>Dimi<br><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-03-20 1:16 GMT+01:00 Michelle Paulson <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;mpaulson@wikimedia.org&#39;);" target="_blank">mpaulson@wikimedia.org</a>&gt;</span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks Nikolas!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><span><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">==</div><div dir="ltr">Michelle Paulson<br>Senior Legal Counsel<br>Wikimedia Foundation<br>149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor<br>San Francisco, CA 94105<br><a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;mpaulson@wikimedia.org&#39;);" target="_blank">mpaulson@wikimedia.org</a><br><a href="tel:415.839.6885%20ext.%206608" value="+14158396885" target="_blank">415.839.6885 ext. 6608</a> (Office)<br><div><a href="tel:415.882.0495" value="+14158820495" target="_blank">415.882.0495</a> (Fax)<br><div><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black;font-family:Tahoma"><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation and for legal/ethical reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">legal disclaimer</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></i></font></span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black;font-family:Tahoma"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br></span><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Nikolas Becker <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;nikolas.becker@wikimedia.de&#39;);" target="_blank">nikolas.becker@wikimedia.de</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Michelle,<br><br></div>thank you for letting us know about this step in advance and good luck for this action!<br><br></div>Best wishes<br></div>Nikolas<br><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>2015-03-19 23:19 GMT+01:00 Michelle Paulson <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;mpaulson@wikimedia.org&#39;);" target="_blank">mpaulson@wikimedia.org</a>&gt;</span>:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>I wanted to let you know that the Wikimedia Foundation will be signing on to a letter addressed to Congress, President Obama, and the NSA, among others, calling for (1) an end to the U.S. government&#39;s bulk collection under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act" target="_blank">USA PATRIOT Act</a>; and (2) greater transparency and accountability. </div><div><br></div><div>The letter, as well as the identities of the broad coalition of co-signers, is unfortunately embargoed until Wednesday (25 March) morning when it goes public. I will follow up with this list then with a copy of the letter, but wanted to let you know about the action we plan on taking to further voice our opposition to mass government surveillance and the chilling effect it has on Wikimedia users and projects.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>-Michelle<br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">==</div><div dir="ltr">Michelle Paulson<br>Senior Legal Counsel<br>Wikimedia Foundation<br>149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor<br>San Francisco, CA 94105<br><a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;mpaulson@wikimedia.org&#39;);" target="_blank">mpaulson@wikimedia.org</a><br><a href="tel:415.839.6885%20ext.%206608" value="+14158396885" target="_blank">415.839.6885 ext. 6608</a> (Office)<br><div><a href="tel:415.882.0495" value="+14158820495" target="_blank">415.882.0495</a> (Fax)<br><div><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black;font-family:Tahoma"><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation and for legal/ethical reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">legal disclaimer</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></i></font></span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:black;font-family:Tahoma"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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