As to Mathias' comment on the MEPs: Yes, there will be some

turnover, but at the same time politicians are most likely to pay

to such a thing before election time. Sending it out just to the ones

believe might get reelected would be - diplomatically speaking - bad diplomacy. Can't we just resend it after the elections to just the

elected MEPs?

Thank you everyone for your thoughtful comments. These will be taken into consideration for the final version of the letter which is likely to be printed and posted today. Thanks and regards, Stevie On 14 March 2014 09:11, Mathias Schindler < mathias.schindler(a)wikimedia.de&gt; wrote: > 2014-03-14 9:54 GMT+01:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov > &lt;dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com&gt;om>: > > > > As to Mathias' comment on the MEPs: Yes, there will be some > considerable > > turnover, but at the same time politicians are most likely to pay > attention > > to such a thing before election time. Sending it out just to the > ones we > > believe might get reelected would be - diplomatically speaking - bad > > diplomacy. Can't we just resend it after the elections to just the > newly > > elected MEPs? > > There is already too much bad diplomacy out there, so thanks for Dimis > argument. As you can see from > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_2014_(United_Ki… > , > the number of parties who did send MEPs to Brussels was considerable. > It would be possible to send such a letter to the parties before the > election and to the specific elected MEPs afterwards. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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.*

Thanks once more for the useful feedback. The letter has now been sent. The final print version can be seen at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Letter_to_MEPs_with_images.pdf Thanks and regards, Stevie On 19 March 2014 12:56, Stevie Benton &lt;stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt;wrote;wrote: > Hello again, > > Just to pick this up once more. > > Matthias, I take your point about the turnover of MEPs. But the sooner > we get this out, the sooner people begin paying attention. If we wait for a > perfect time - like some other groups - we will likely get lost in the > noise. There's no reason we can't follow-up with newly elected MEPs in the > summer. Also, I see what you mean about Big Ben potentially being > misinterpreted. It's also not a great example as it would be out of > copyright anyway, so am going to use a different image. > > Bence - that was a useful spot, thank you. The updated version has the > links as footnotes. > > I'm going to make some changes to the letter today and I'm hoping to > get the final version printed and sent by the end of the week. > > Thanks and regards, > > Stevie > > > On 14 March 2014 09:28, Stevie Benton &lt;stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt;wrote;wrote: > >> Thank you everyone for your thoughtful comments. These will be taken >> into consideration for the final version of the letter which is likely to >> be printed and posted today. >> >> Thanks and regards, >> >> Stevie >> >> >> On 14 March 2014 09:11, Mathias Schindler < >> mathias.schindler(a)wikimedia.de&gt; wrote: >> >>> 2014-03-14 9:54 GMT+01:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov >>> &lt;dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com&gt;om>: >>> >>> >>> > As to Mathias' comment on the MEPs: Yes, there will be some >>> considerable >>> > turnover, but at the same time politicians are most likely to pay >>> attention >>> > to such a thing before election time. Sending it out just to the >>> ones we >>> > believe might get reelected would be - diplomatically speaking - >>> bad >>> > diplomacy. Can't we just resend it after the elections to just the >>> newly >>> > elected MEPs? >>> >>> There is already too much bad diplomacy out there, so thanks for >>> Dimis >>> argument. As you can see from >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_2014_(United_Ki… >>> , >>> the number of parties who did send MEPs to Brussels was considerable. >>> It would be possible to send such a letter to the parties before the >>> election and to the specific elected MEPs afterwards. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. 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.* >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > > 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.* > > > > > -- 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