Makes sense to me.
On Fri, 7 Aug 2015 at 22:04 Karl Sigfrid <karl(a)wikimedia.be> wrote:
I think the renaming makes good sense. "Public policy" is the standard
label for the category in which the issues here belong.
Karl
Den 8/7/2015 kl. 10:42 PM, skrev Stephen LaPorte:
Hi all,
I wanted to make a proposal for the list: let's rename the Advocacy
Advisory Group (advocacy_advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org) to
publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org. It's not a big change, but I think that
it's more accurate since the list includes expert discussions of public
policy that are not always limited to advocacy actions.
The proposal will only affect the name -- we will continue to keep the
same focus and great discussions. We set up this mailing list nearly three
years ago to provide an open venue for Wikimedians and others supporting
the Wikimedia mission to discuss public policy and legislative developments
around the world that could affect our movement's work. The Wikimedia
Foundation also sends proposals to this list to get feedback on particular
policy issues, following the Wikimedia Foundation Policy and Political
Association Guideline (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Assoc…).
I've enjoyed all of the great discussions with the Wikimedia community, and
particularly appreciate the great updates from the EU prepared by Dimi and
others.
If there are no concerns about changing the name, we can set it up next
Friday (August 14). We will update the Policy and Political Association
Guideline to continue to refer to this list.
As Yana, Geoff, and I presented at Wikimania (
https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Amplify_Free_Knowledge…),
we are also working on a site communicating significant public policy
positions. That site will also invite people to sign up to this list to
discuss public policy issues that affect the Wikimedia projects.
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