[Wikimedia-l] Legal and Community Advocacy Office Hours Tuesday 18:00 UTC

[Philippe Beaudette]

Reminder that this happens in about 25 minutes...

A note from the legal and community advocacy team:

______________________

*Hi everyone,

We are happy to spend the next hour talking about issues facing the Legal
and Community Advocacy Department.

People are free to raise any topics, but some relevant recent subjects may
include the following:

1.  The ongoing community consultation on the proposed conflict of interest
guidelines:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Guidelines_on_potential_conflicts_of_interest&
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/04/wikimedia-community-input-requested-for-conflict-of-interest-guidelines/

2.  The naming of thematic organizations and user groups:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/18/naming-of-new-wikimedia-movement-entities/

3.  The recent dismissal of the case that Internet Brands filed against two
Wikimedians and WMF’s support of their defense; and the court’s denial of
Internet Brands motion to dismiss in the case brought by WMF:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/28/update-to-internet-brands-travel-site-lawsuit/&
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/12/17/state-court-overrules-internet-brands-demurrer/

4.  Recent court victories in Germany and France:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/12/04/two-german-courts-rule-in-favor-of-free-knowledge-movement/

5. Trademark licensing:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/02/licensing-at-the-wikimedia-foundation/

6.  Upcoming plans 2013

*

___________________
Philippe Beaudette
Director, Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

415-839-6885, x 6643

philippe at wikimedia.org


On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 6:25 PM, James Alexander
<jalexander at wikimedia.org>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> It's been on the meta office hours page for a while but I'm not sure it's
> been announced here yet. Geoff Brigham (WMF General Counsel) and his team
> will be having an office hour Tuesday January 22nd (Tomorrow or today
> depending on your location) at 18:00 UTC/10:00 PST to answer questions
> about the work of the Legal and Community Advocacy Department. The office
> hours will take place on the Freenode IRC network in the #Wikimedia-office
> room.
>
> For more information including a webchat link and time conversion links go
> to the Meta office hour page:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_Hours#How_to_participate
>
> James
>
> James Alexander
> Manager, Merchandise
> Wikimedia Foundation
> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
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