[Foundation-l] roadmap for WM affiliation ; a name for self-identified affiliation

Fri Jul 15 12:54:02 UTC 2011

> I think this is a good idea (and better than trying to get all Free
> Content/Open Knowledge/etc. people to badge themselves as somehow part
> of our Wikimedia Movement, which though (hopefully!) welcoming and
> inclusive is not as wide as the whole topic.
>
> I'd note that there is of course the excellent Open Knowledge
> Definition[0], penned in part by our very own Erik Möller, which gave
> rise to the Open Knowledge Foundation[1]. Perhaps working with them on
> this might be a good move?
>
> [0] - opendefinition.org
> [1] - okfn.org
>
> J.
> --
> James D. Forrester
> jdforrester at wikimedia.org | jdforrester at gmail.com
> [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
>

I knew there had to be something like that already. It seems like it
would be difficult to adapt an existing organization to the role of a
coalition, although if they were willing I think there is certainly
room for it and abundant opportunity.