On Aug 7, 2015, at 5:04 PM, 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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