[Advocacy Advisors] Letter on digital security

Wed May 20 17:19:07 UTC 2015

Mozilla was on the list, as well. Thanks for sharing that link Yana. It is
absolutely true, there need to be more public parks.

On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Stephen LaPorte <slaporte at wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Hi Jürgen,
>
> I noticed that the Internet Archive is another nonprofit organization
> listed as a "company" in the letter, so we are not alone. I like the
> analogy that Yana used to online public parks. When people have discussions
> about digital policy matters, I hope to see more public spaces like us in
> the future.
>
> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Juergen Fenn <jfenn at gmx.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Am 20.05.2015 um 18:16 schrieb Yana Welinder <yana at wikimedia.org>:
>>
>> > We were not listed as "civil society" because that group usually refers
>> to organizations that primarily do advocacy work. Instead, we signed as a
>> "company," which would include both for-profit and non-profit companies,
>> though the only other signatories happen to be for-profit companies. The
>> small number of non-profits in this category is really a testament to that
>> we don't have enough public parks online.
>> >
>> > I should mention that when we signed, we didn't know that "trade
>> associations" would be grouped with "companies," which is unusual. But it
>> still is the most appropriate group for WMF.
>>
>> Thanks, again, Yana, I've just added your information to the Kurier.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Jürgen.
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