Hi Cascadians,
The Affiliation Committee, in association with WMF Legal, has reversed
its previous approval of our proposed group name of Cascadia
Wikimedians. There appears to be a desire on their part to emphasize
within our legal name that we are a user group. Personally I am
frustrated by this change of opinion, I feel that this degree of
concern with group names is excessive, and I feel that groups should
have more autonomy in choosing their names since we are legally
independent of WMF. I hope to discuss these and other matters via a
Hangout conversation with the chair of the Affiliations Committee, and
preferably also with Stephen LaPorte and Asaf Bartov from WMF. Affcom
and WMF are aware of our frustration with the length of what should
have been a lightweight approval process for our group, and I have
made clear to Affcom and WMF that I believe that the user group
approval process has gone astray from the easy process that the WMF
Board intended.
Our frustration aside, let us now discuss how we might agree on an
alternative group names. I have placed two options on Meta and voiced
my personal opinions, and I hope that other Cascadians will also
comment so that we can achieve consensus within about a week. Please
visit this link [1] to comment.
Thank you,
Pine
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cascadia_Wikimedians#User_group_name_d…