<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I generally think it is fair and necessary development. If we have already decided on a certain issue it shouldn't take the same long process to basically just say the same thing in a different way. <br><br></div><div>Personally, I see advocacy as a communications effort which is why I would bump Communications up to "approval" and relegate Finance&Administration to "consultation", but maybe that's just me.<br><br>Thanks for the work and you have my support!<br></div><br></div>Dimi<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-09-12 22:45 GMT+02:00 L.Gelauff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lgelauff@gmail.com" target="_blank">lgelauff@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Sounds fair enough. What I understand from it is that you limit the general notice only if it has been discussed before, but you will still discuss it on this list - sounds reasonable. <div><br></div><div>Thanks for informing! </div><div><br></div><div>Lodewijk</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">2014-09-12 20:42 GMT+02:00 Stephen LaPorte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:slaporte@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">slaporte@wikimedia.org</a>></span>:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello advisory group,</div><div><br></div><div>We are making an addition to the WMF's guidelines for Policy and Political Advocacy. The purpose is to describe the WMF's approach to joining advocacy letters on topics that are consistent with our previous discussions on this list, such as advocating for the public domain, privacy protections, and free speech. In some circumstances, it can be difficult to share an advocacy letter publicly before it is finalized. Additionally, letters are often finalized on a short time frame, since there is a usually a deadline for when it will be effective, and this can pose some difficulty for prior consultation on the exact language. Even with this addition to our guidelines, we still aim to share letters on this list.</div><div><br></div><div>You can see the addition here: <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Association_Guideline#Limited_position_letter" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Association_Guideline#Limited_position_letter</a></div><div><br></div><div>If you have any thoughts on these guidelines, you may share them on the talk page: <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Association_Guideline" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Association_Guideline</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Stephen</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-image:initial">Stephen LaPorte</span></span></div>Legal Counsel</span></span><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Wikimedia Foundation</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><i>NOTICE: As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal and ethical reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer" target="_blank">legal disclaimer</a>.</i><br></div></span></div></div>
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