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

Fri Sep 12 20:45:18 UTC 2014

Sounds fair enough. What I understand from it is that you limit the general
notice only if it has been discussed before, but you will still discuss it
on this list - sounds reasonable.

Thanks for informing!

Lodewijk

2014-09-12 20:42 GMT+02:00 Stephen LaPorte <slaporte at wikimedia.org>:

> 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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