[Advocacy Advisors] Covering limited position letters in the WMF's guidelines for political advocacy

Fri Sep 12 18:42:46 UTC 2014

Hello advisory group,

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.

You can see the addition here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Association_Guideline#Limited_position_letter

If you have any thoughts on these guidelines, you may share them on the
talk page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Association_Guideline

Thanks,
Stephen

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