<div dir="ltr">Hi Stephen,<div><br></div><div>This is good news, I'm definitely in favour of the Wikimedia Foundation becoming a signatory to the declaration.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks and regards,</div><div><br>Stevie</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 October 2014 20:08, Stephen LaPorte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:slaporte@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">slaporte@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">Hello advocacy advisers,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px">In August, the International Federation of Library Associations published the Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development (<a href="http://www.lyondeclaration.org/" target="_blank">http://www.<span>lyondeclaration</span>.org/</a>). The Lyon Declaration is a statement to the member states of the UN about empowering development through access to knowledge. The declaration is particularly relevant for our work as <span>Wikimedians</span> because it recognizes the importance of technology in sharing knowledge.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333339691162px"><span>Wikimedia</span> Italy and <span>Wikimedia</span> UK have already signed declaration. We would like the <span>Wikimedia</span> Foundation to join these and others in support of our goal to share knowledge. Please let me know if you have any thoughts about this by November 3, 2014.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,<br></div><div>Stephen</div><span class="HOEnZb"><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 <span>LaPorte</span></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"><span>Wikimedia</span> 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 <span>Wikimedia</span> 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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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><pre cols="72">Stevie Benton
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@StevieBenton</pre><pre cols="72"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em"><font size="1">Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).</font></p></div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em"><b><font size="1">Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.</font></b></p></pre></div>
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