Hi! I am forwarding this email for you. Please note Timothy's question regarding OPN membership. Mathias ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Timothy Vollmer <tvol(a)creativecommons.org> Date: 2014-03-20 23:16 GMT+01:00 Subject: do you want to be listed on the Open Policy Network website? To: open-policy-network(a)googlegroups.com Hi all: We're almost ready to launch the Open Policy Network website. Sorry for the delay! Here's a draft: http://staging.openpolicynetwork.org/ (will eventually be openpolicynetwork.org). We need interested orgs to indicate whether they'd like to be listed as members on the website. If you are we will include a logo on this page http://staging.openpolicynetwork.org/about/#members Please let me know if you want your org listed and where to get a .png/.jpg logo. Thanks! timothy P.S. we wrote a bit more about the OPN and Institute for Open Leadership on the CC site awhile ago - https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/41633 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open Policy Network" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to open-policy-network+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Mathias Schindler Projektmanager Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. web: http://www.wikimedia.de mail: mathias.schindler(a)wikimedia.de Ceterum censeo opera officiales esse liberandam - http://urheberrecht.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors

Hi Mathias, Thank you for sending this around. I was actually speaking with someone from the Creative Commons School of Open about this yesterday. I think it's worth getting involved, although might be worth a discussion first. Thanks and regards, Stevie On 21 March 2014 08:16, Mathias Schindler <mathias.schindler(a)wikimedia.de>wrote;wrote: -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors

"Which Wikimedia"? You mean the logo? I hereby give them permission to use the Wikimedia logo. Happy Friday Equinox! On Mar 21, 2014 6:54 PM, "Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov" < dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors

I am unfortunately not very gifted in graphic design, but I'd love any kind of cool-looking logos, logotypes, headers. If someone has the time/ressources to do this, I'd be very happy. So far I have only managed to piece together a letter-headed paper (far from professional, but does the trick when needed), which I am attaching. Dimi 2014-03-21 12:32 GMT+01:00 Stevie Benton &lt;stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt;uk>: I wonder if it's worth creating some kind of logotype for the FKAGEU? A bit similar to that which is on our lovely blue t-shirts... Thanks, Stevie On 21 March 2014 10:57, James Salsman &lt;jsalsman(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: "Which Wikimedia"? You mean the logo? I hereby give them permission to use the Wikimedia logo. Happy Friday Equinox! On Mar 21, 2014 6:54 PM, "Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov" &lt;dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: The OKFN just confirmed that they're part of this, too. We are definitely in as in working with this. As far as organisational membership (and thus logo) is concerned, we need to think about which Wikimedia should be shown. Dimi 2014-03-21 10:44 GMT+01:00 Stevie Benton &lt;stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt;uk>: Hi Mathias, Thank you for sending this around. I was actually speaking with someone from the Creative Commons School of Open about this yesterday. I think it's worth getting involved, although might be worth a discussion first. Thanks and regards, Stevie On 21 March 2014 08:16, Mathias Schindler &lt;mathias.schindler(a)wikimedia.de&gt; wrote: Hi! I am forwarding this email for you. Please note Timothy's question regarding OPN membership. Mathias ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Timothy Vollmer &lt;tvol(a)creativecommons.org&gt; Date: 2014-03-20 23:16 GMT+01:00 Subject: do you want to be listed on the Open Policy Network website? To: open-policy-network(a)googlegroups.com Hi all: We're almost ready to launch the Open Policy Network website. Sorry for the delay! Here's a draft: http://staging.openpolicynetwork.org/ (will eventually be openpolicynetwork.org). We need interested orgs to indicate whether they'd like to be listed as members on the website. If you are we will include a logo on this page http://staging.openpolicynetwork.org/about/#members Please let me know if you want your org listed and where to get a .png/.jpg logo. Thanks! timothy P.S. we wrote a bit more about the OPN and Institute for Open Leadership on the CC site awhile ago - https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/41633 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open Policy Network" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to open-policy-network+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Mathias Schindler Projektmanager Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. web: http://www.wikimedia.de mail: mathias.schindler(a)wikimedia.de Ceterum censeo opera officiales esse liberandam - http://urheberrecht.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. 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Is Tim on this list? If not, someone should invite him :) [+Tim on CC] With regards to joining: maybe in the short term it makes sense for chapters and WMF to each evaluate joining the OPN individually, keeping FCAKGEU as an informal group? I think the current informal structure has served FCAKGEU pretty well: it gives us flexibility as to who joins what actions and makes it easy to enable/empower new participants. I suspect in the long term we'll want to create something more formal (and with a better name) for signing onto EU-wide actions, but we probably shouldn't rush into creating a new organization just to join a group that is itself likely quite flexible about membership and who we know quite well. Luis On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Mathias Schindler < mathias.schindler(a)wikimedia.de&gt; wrote: -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 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, 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.*

Stephen and I spoke with Tim Vollmer of OPN/CC on Tuesday, and OPN seems like this is something both chapters and the Foundation might find useful. Essentially, the purpose is to make it easier to share information about how to influence policy towards more open licensing. This isn't a substitute for other kinds of work (e.g., on copyright reform) but may be a useful resource for Wikimedians (perhaps particularly chapters) who are working with local governments on explaining the value of open licensing. As further context on the OPN, it may be useful to take a look at the guiding principles: http://staging.openpolicynetwork.org/about/#principles and work plan: http://staging.openpolicynetwork.org/resources/#workplan If no one here has serious objections, Stephen and I suggest listing the Foundation as a formal member of the group, and I think chapters, FKAGEU, or WEASEL may also want to consider joining. Luis On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Mathias Schindler < mathias.schindler(a)wikimedia.de&gt; wrote: -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 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, 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.* _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors