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De: Samir Elsharbaty <selsharbaty(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: terça, 2 de jun de 2020, 23:04
Subject: [Brand Project] Monthly update: Naming discussions start 16 June
To: Brand Project <brandproject(a)wikimedia.org>
Hello Affiliate Liaisons,
We’re back and ready to take on naming together! The naming phase is
starting on 16 June. Here is an update of what happened and what to prepare
for:
After additional weeks of legal review and a conversation with the Board of
Trustees at their 22 May meeting, we have alignment to present three naming
convention proposals for movement-wide review on 16 June.
The Board of Trustees affirmed support for the project
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Brand_Project_Support_(May_2020)>
and reviewed various naming options. They considered legal and financial
implications of different approaches, and evaluated them based on their
potential to act as compelling, unifying tools to elevate the work we are
currently doing and ensure the future of our movement. Based on these
assessments, the movement-wide review will revolve around two naming
convention proposals centered on Wikipedia, one that is a Wiki/Wikipedia
hybrid, and an open response area where respondents can share their own
naming proposals. We feel confident that the vetting process has led to
solid proposals, while we also want to ensure we are open to your ideas
and are committed to reviewing suggestions made in the open response area.
While these weeks of work have reconfirmed that naming structures centered
entirely on “Wiki” would not be legally feasible or financially
responsible, we were able to uncover ways in which “Wiki” can be used as
part of movement naming. We know there will be questions around this, and
look forward to discussing more in detail during the upcoming live
presentation.
Join us for the live presentation
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3zlBGHHHiY> of the three Naming
Convention Proposals on 16 June at 15:00 UTC
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Brand+Naming+Presentation&iso=20200616T15&p1=1440&ah=1>
. We will present the various options that were considered, the risks and
rewards of each, and how the process arrived at the three options for
review.
As previously planned, the movement-wide review to follow will be
multilingual and will rely on surveys for individual contributors,
affiliates, and Foundation staff, as well as open discussion on Meta-Wiki,
from 16 to 30 June. The two weeks of feedback will help to remove, refine
and recombine elements from the proposals into a single, synthesized
proposal.
Please see below for more guidance on how to prepare for the feedback
period. We will be sending additional resources next week, including the
basic survey structure, naming convention FAQs and project graphics.
Thanks, as always, for being part of the Brand Project. We are excited to
move into this major phase together.
Samir & the Brand Project Team
Recommendations for how to be prepare for affiliate feedback
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Pre schedule affiliate online meeting(s) / discussions: Depending on
what works best for your affiliate we recommend deciding now on a
date(s)/time(s) during 16-30 June for your affiliate regroup to discuss and
align on the answers from the Collective Affiliate Feedback Survey.
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Join our optional Affiliate Liaison office hours: if you have any
questions that you would like to discuss with the Brand Project please
join us on the dates below. All meetings will be recorded and made
available.
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Before release of survey-- 11 June at 15:00 - 16:00 UTC
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Affiliate+Liaison+office+hour&iso=20200611T15&p1=1440&ah=1>
(Join via this link <http://meet.google.com/vcr-pmka-uzf>)
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During the 2 week feedback period-- 24 June 15:00 - 16:00 UTC
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Affiliate+Liaison+second+office+hour&iso=20200624T15&p1=1440&ah=1>
( Join via this link <http://meet.google.com/afr-fkwa-iaj>)
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Review the Affiliate Liaison Toolkit on meta-wiki
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Resources#Affiliate_Liaison_Toolkit>This
toolkit will continue to grow throughout the project to prepare Liaisons
for each step.
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Samir Elsharbaty (he/him)
Community Brand and Marketing coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
