[Advocacy Advisors] Renaming this list

Fri Aug 7 21:04:08 UTC 2015

I think the renaming makes good sense. "Public policy" is the standard 
label for the category in which the issues here belong.

Karl

Den 8/7/2015 kl. 10:42 PM, skrev Stephen LaPorte:
> Hi all,
>
> I wanted to make a proposal for the list: let's rename the Advocacy 
> Advisory Group (advocacy_advisors at lists.wikimedia.org 
> <mailto:advocacy_advisors at lists.wikimedia.org>) to 
> publicpolicy at lists.wikimedia.org 
> <mailto:publicpolicy at lists.wikimedia.org>. It's not a big change, but 
> I think that it's more accurate since the list includes expert 
> discussions of public policy that are not always limited to advocacy 
> actions.
>
> The proposal will only affect the name -- we will continue to keep the 
> same focus and great discussions. We set up this mailing list nearly 
> three years ago to provide an open venue for Wikimedians and others 
> supporting the Wikimedia mission to discuss public policy and 
> legislative developments around the world that could affect our 
> movement's work. The Wikimedia Foundation also sends proposals to this 
> list to get feedback on particular policy issues, following the 
> Wikimedia Foundation Policy and Political Association Guideline 
> (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Foundation_Policy_and_Political_Association_Guideline). 
> I've enjoyed all of the great discussions with the Wikimedia 
> community, and particularly appreciate the great updates from the EU 
> prepared by Dimi and others.
>
> If there are no concerns about changing the name, we can set it up 
> next Friday (August 14). We will update the Policy and Political 
> Association Guideline to continue to refer to this list.
>
> As Yana, Geoff, and I presented at Wikimania 
> (https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Amplify_Free_Knowledge_with_Public_Policy), 
> we are also working on a site communicating significant public policy 
> positions. That site will also invite people to sign up to this list 
> to discuss public policy issues that affect the Wikimedia projects.
>
> -- 
> Stephen LaPorte
> Legal Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
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