[Advocacy Advisors] Your Public Policy Schedule for Wikimania

[L.Gelauff]

Hi Dimi,

I think you got the date wrong for the comeback day, isn't it Thursday
16th?

Best,
Lodewijk

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Stevie Benton <
stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Dimi,
>
> Thanks for sharing this. There's lots going on!
>
> Unfortunately I won't be at Wikimania but is there going to be a central
> place where resources will be collated so I can take a look afterwards?
>
> Thank you, hope you all have a great time!
>
> Stevie
>
>
>
> On 13 July 2015 at 10:56, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> My social media timelines are overflowing with posts about packing,
>> flying and eating tacos and cats in suitcases, which can only mean
>> Wikimania is just around the corner.
>>
>> As last year, we have a pretty generous amount of public policy events
>> set up. Here are some (but not all) of them. Conveniently ordered
>> chronologically.
>>
>>
>>    - Wikimedia Conference Follow-Up Day
>>    <https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMCON_Follow-Up_Day>,
>>    Wednesday, July 15, 13:00hrs, Conference venue
>>    Inform people about the movement goals we want to set, get the
>>    conversation going and people thinking so they have some time to reflect
>>    ahead of the talks.
>>
>>
>>    - The Twilight of EU Copyright Reform, or, How to reform with a
>>    hammer,
>>    <https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_Twilight_of_EU_Copyright_Reform,_or,_How_to_reform_with_a_hammer>
>>    Friday, July 17, 15:00hrs
>>    Once again we're looking at how crowd-sourced advocacy works, but
>>    this time expect concrete examples of what Wikimedia did in Europe to try
>>    and influence the copyright reform to include text that supports free
>>    knowledge. You will see legislative texts proposed and by us and also get
>>    an explanation why certain parts didn't make it to the final version. We'll
>>    also discuss the question of how an international public policy structure
>>    should look like.
>>
>>
>>    - #npbmex <https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/npbmex>, Friday
>>    July 17, 20:00, Gathering at the lobby of the One Almeda Hotel (Av.
>>    Juárez 88)
>>    - Informal and social meet-up of all people interested in net
>>    politics (copyright, network infrastructure, data protection, telecoms
>>    regulation, etc.). Will mingle Wikimaniacs with local net activists.
>>
>>
>>    - Public Policy Meetup
>>    <https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_meet-up>,
>>    Saturday, July 18, 10:30, Conference venue (Chapters' village)
>>    Wikimedians interested in public policy are invited to get to know
>>    each other, discuss the issues, plans and solutions at Wikimania.
>>
>>
>>    - Amplify Free Knowledge with Public Policy
>>    <https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Amplify_Free_Knowledge_with_Public_Policy>
>>    Sunday, July 19, 11:00hrs, Conference venue
>>    The WMF legal team will discuss the core policy issues lay out some
>>    initial next steps that to better articulate our positions and make it
>>    easier for volunteers to work locally to build better public policy for the
>>    Wikimedia movement.
>>
>>
>>    - Copyright reform in the EU - What you can expect to happen
>>    <https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Copyright_reform_in_the_EU_-_What_you_can_expect_to_happen>,
>>    Sunday, July 19, 11:30hrs, Conference venue
>>    The inside scoop by Julia Reda, Member of the European Parliament and
>>    rapporteur on the copyright implementation report. What are the European
>>    Parliament and the European Commission likely to propose?
>>
>>
>>    - Panel Discussion on regional policy, politics and freedom of
>>    expression Sunday, July 19, 16:30hrs, Conference venue
>>    with Katitza Rodriguez (EFF), Paz Peña (Derechos Digitales from
>>    Chile), Renata Avila (Web We Want), Article 19, R3DMX
>>
>>
>> More information about the discussion regarding our public policy goals
>> and up-to-date events changes at:
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Advocacy/Movement_Goals
>>
>> See you all very soon!
>>
>> Dimi
>>
>>
>>
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