[Foundation-l] Fwd: Wikimedia Brasil + WMF

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For your information

The Brazilian community is offering WMF a letter of agreement, which was 
collaboratively written.
After the Brazilian participants shared their experience on what 
happened in Haifa, the whole community had one week to discuss and edit 
the content, which is now available on Meta.[1]

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Wikimedia Brasil

[1] 
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposed_letter_of_agreement_between_Wikimedia_Foundation_and_Brazilian_volunteers


  Proposed letter of agreement between Wikimedia Foundation and
  Brazilian volunteers

On August 5, 2011, during Wikimania 2011 
<http://br.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brasil_no_Wikimania/2011>, on Haifa, 
Israel, a meeting between Wikimedia Brasil and Wikimedia Foundation was 
held. The meeting, which was also attended by representatives of 
Wikimedia Portugal and Wikimedia Argentina, provided a discussion about 
the ongoing Wikimedia Projects in Brazil and the interaction between the 
future WMF office in the country and the local chapter.


The understanding of Brazilian members along the meeting was that:

 1. Brazil is a strategic priority for Wikimedia Foundation.
 2. Wikimedia Foundation will set up an office in Brazil in order to
    stimulate the development of projects to increase the penetration of
    Wikipedia in Brazil. This process was already launched with the
    search for locations, hiring lawyers and the search for a
    professional to manage it.
 3. Wikimedia Foundation understands that the Brazilian community and,
    thus, the chapter under formation still doesn't have the capacity to
    be completely self-managed.
 4. Wikimedia Foundation aims to develop the existing programs in
    Brazil, like "Campus Ambassadors", though it still doesn't have a
    specific development program for Brazil.
 5. Wikimedia Foundation wants to conduct researches about the lusophone
    community.
 6. Wikimedia Foundation already has liaisons with Brazilian
    organizations, like /"Positivo"/.
 7. The members of the Brazilian community want to colaborate with
    Wikimedia Foundation.
 8. The members of the legal chapter under formation are afraid of
    losing the legitimacy of the local community among society after the
    establishment of the WMF office. Wikimedia Brasil has apprehension
    of not having control over what was raised locally, and of the loss
    of sources of revenue due to internal competition.


Based on this understanding, participant members of the Brazilian 
community decided to:

 1. Support the creation of Wikimedia Foundation office in Brazil which,
    as explained at the meeting, will have the goal of fostering the
    realization of partnerships and events with the community and the
    external audiences, provisionally and until the local chapter have
    enough structure to develop such activities directly.
 2. Suggest that the office maintains goals to work for the development
    of the local community and not only fundraising or the realization
    of business agreements.
 3. Recommend to Wikimedia Foundation that its activites in Brazil are
    achieved with maximum transparency and envolvement of Wikimedia
    Brasil, allowing the local volunteers to participate at the various
    stages of ongoing projects and also in those that will be launched
    at the country.
 4. Recommend to Wikimedia Foundation that its goals and existing plans
    to Brazil are shared with Wikimedia Brasil.
 5. Recommend to Wikimedia Foundation to orientate its projects,
    partnerships and possible proposals of interested sponsors to the
    local chapter, giving some opportunity to Wikimedia Brasil.
 6. Propose the creation of a tatical planning for Brazil, based on
    Wikimedia's strategic planning, with the participation of WMF office
    and Wikimedia Brasil for the construction of a development program
    to Brazil.
 7. Propose to Wikimedia Foundation to make room available in its WMF
    office directorship, provided by statue, for a chosen Wikimedia
    Brasil representative, consequently, chosen by the local community.
    Or, that the Wikimedia Foundation enjoy the legal chapter structure
    of Wikimedia Brasil to seek its goals; We want to offer the position
    of one director on our legal chapter, provided by statue, to
    Wikimedia Foundation.
 8. Assist the establishment of the office with the volunteer
    participation of Wikimedia Brasil in activities of organization and
    achievement of knowledge inherent to local peculiarities, such as:
    contracting services, choice of location and understanding of the
    legislation.
 9. Assist in the construction of a portfolio of activities and in the
    resources search to achieve the same.
10. Suggest to Wikimedia Foundation to stimulate the existing activites
    of Wikimedia Brasil and possibly the model of /"Mutirões"/.


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