Hi Dimi, This is excellent news. I've done some work with Gervase in the past, including recently in some copyright workshops with Open Rights Group. He's really smart and I think he will be an excellent ally. Thank you, Stevie On 21 April 2015 at 14:21, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hello, everybody! > > Me and Karl just had a meeting with Mozilla's Jochai (San Francisco > based) and Gervase (UK based and on this list). Mozilla will very quickly > get active in Brussels hiring a full-time representative. > > Their policy goals will be published soon and are centred around "not > breaking the internet" and copyright, with a focus on goals such as having > an "open norm" (i.e. fair use), an audiovisual citation exception and > fighting against linking liability. > > We're also likely to experience similar organisational challenges, as > they're also looking into a way to ensure a coherent message and strategy > and involve their volunteer community. > > I personally am excited that we'll have another advocate for free&open > things on the ground here. > > Cheers, > Dimi > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Advocacy_Advisors mailing list > Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors > > -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton 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). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors

I'm curious to hear what people think of the use of Discourse ( http://www.discourse.org/) in this use case; I've been keeping an eye on that project for a long time and think it might be interesting for some of our discussion forums once their support for email <-> forum bridges matures. Luis On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 7:55 AM, Yana Welinder &lt;yana(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > +1. We've also chatted with their policy team in San Francisco a > little bit and they have interesting initiatives in the pipeline. They > recently launched an online discussion space for internet policy that you > may want to check out: https://discourse.mozilla-advocacy.org > > Thanks, > Yana > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 7:25 AM, Stevie Benton < > stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote: > >> Hi Dimi, >> >> This is excellent news. I've done some work with Gervase in the past, >> including recently in some copyright workshops with Open Rights Group. He's >> really smart and I think he will be an excellent ally. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Stevie >> >> On 21 April 2015 at 14:21, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < >> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >> >>> Hello, everybody! >>> >>> Me and Karl just had a meeting with Mozilla's Jochai (San Francisco >>> based) and Gervase (UK based and on this list). Mozilla will very quickly >>> get active in Brussels hiring a full-time representative. >>> >>> Their policy goals will be published soon and are centred around "not >>> breaking the internet" and copyright, with a focus on goals such as having >>> an "open norm" (i.e. fair use), an audiovisual citation exception and >>> fighting against linking liability. >>> >>> We're also likely to experience similar organisational challenges, as >>> they're also looking into a way to ensure a coherent message and strategy >>> and involve their volunteer community. >>> >>> I personally am excited that we'll have another advocate for >>> free&open things on the ground here. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Dimi >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Advocacy_Advisors mailing list >>> Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Stevie Benton >> Head of External Relations >> Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 >> @StevieBenton >> >> 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). >> >> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Advocacy_Advisors mailing list >> Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors >> >> > > > -- > > Yana Welinder > Senior Legal Counsel > Wikimedia Foundation > 415.839.6885 ext. 6867 > @yanatweets <https://twitter.com/yanatweets> > > NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you > have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the > mistake. > > As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons > I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, > volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. In other words, > IANYL <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IANAL>. For more on what this > means, please see our legal disclaimer > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. > > _______________________________________________ > Advocacy_Advisors mailing list > Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors > > -- Luis Villa Sr. Director of Community Engagement Wikimedia Foundation *Working towards a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.* _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors