[Advocacy Advisors] FKAGEU at Wikimania?

Fri Mar 28 15:37:43 UTC 2014

Hi Stevie,

as far as I am concerned I love your example and actually have a few cases
like this myself. Advocacy as yet another way to contribute to Wikimedia
and help with our mission/vision. I'd be happy to support the submission in
any way, just don't want to be the lead, as I feel like I'll have enough on
my plate with the current two and actually love team-work :)

Cheers and try to enjoy the weekend!
Dimi

2014-03-28 16:01 GMT+01:00 Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>:

> Hi Dimi,
>
> Thanks for your email. I'm sorry it's taken a while for me to respond,
> I've been away from the internet.
>
> I would be happy to take a lead on this if we think a session is
> worthwhile. Given that the deadline for submissions is Monday, I sense that
> any kind of submission made now would be a pretty much a statement of
> intent / placeholder. If people are happy to help refine any session (if
> the proposal is accepted) I'm prepared to put in a submission.
>
> I think one area that might be worth covering is the potential of the
> advocacy work to recruit volunteers who aren't involved in the Wikimedia
> world. For example, in the advocacy I've been doing with UK MEPs I've been
> very fortunate to have the support of a volunteer called Emily Sorensen.
> She, as far as I know, hasn't edited Wikipedia but wanted to learn more
> about this kind of work. She helped to collect contact details, find
> concrete examples of how change would benefit the projects (and others) and
> did a lot of the admin-type work that I just didn't have time for. My
> thinking is that there are lots of people who support and love Wikipedia
> but don't edit (and I was one of them before accepting this role!). That's
> a lot of untapped potential help - there's many ways to support Wikimedia
> projects that don't involve editing.
>
> Could be a useful case study, and I'd love to hear from others who have
> had similar experiences.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Stevie
>
>
> On 24 March 2014 17:43, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Stevie,
>>
>> as far as talks are currently concerned, I've prepared two submissions.
>> One is a presentation of what has happened on EU level in the past 12
>> months since Hong Kong [1] and the other a panel discussion about advocacy
>> and Wikimedia.[2]
>>
>> I like the idea of having a thirnd session focusing clearly on the
>> FKAGEU. This way we can have the presentation focusing on the legislative
>> aspecsts on the EU level, while the new session will cover the
>> organisational side. The panel discussion can then be more general/global
>> discussion on advocacy.
>>
>> If we're going for the third session, though, I'd like to find someone
>> else who is willing to take the lead. The reason is that it should be
>> focused on participation and we should let participating chapters/members
>> share their experiences. I feel like I am too deep into it already to be
>> able to do just that.
>>
>> I am, of course, open to other ideas for splitting the topic. I do
>> believe we have enough things to discuss and having three sessions would
>> allow us to be more targeted and effective.
>>
>> Dimi
>>
>> [1]
>> https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Liquid_Lobbying_-_How_could_Wikimedia_change_EU_copyright%3F
>> [2]
>> https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Liquid_Lobbying_-_How_should_Wikimedia_advocate_for_free_knowledge%3F
>>
>>
>> 2014-03-24 18:04 GMT+01:00 Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>
>> :
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I hope you're well.
>>>
>>> I'm in the process of writing a couple of submissions for Wikimania 2014
>>>  (we're all looking forward to welcoming you to London by the way!).
>>>
>>> I wondered if anyone would be interested in joining together to speak
>>> about the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU? Wouldn't need to be a lengthy
>>> talk, just perhaps 15 minutes with some Q&A, and to offer more volunteers
>>> the opportunity to get involved.
>>>
>>> Interested? The closing date for submissions is 31 March. I'll make a
>>> start and circulate the link shortly.
>>>
>>> Thanks and regards,
>>>
>>> Stevie
>>>
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