Thanks for sharing. Wikimedia South Africa has been following this quite closely and has already elected to sign the open letter.
Regards, Douglas. On Sat, 4 Jul 2020 at 06:37, Pharos <[email protected]> wrote: > Wanted to share this with African affiliates, from Andrew Lih > (User:Fuzheado), especially since the brand survey ands and potentially > other steps begin on July 7 - > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Andrew Lih <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 9:42 AM > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Open for signing on Meta - Community open letter on > renaming > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > > There is currently a community open letter on renaming [[m:COLOR]] that > requests a pause to renaming activities being pursued by the Wikimedia > Foundation 2030 Brand Project. The open letter focuses on concerns about > the process and not about specific naming choices. > > Individual editors and affiliates (via their designated representative) can > sign with their logged-in account to show support. > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming > > Coming up: There is currently a branding survey that runs until July 7 > (link below). There is concern that the consultation process and options on > the survey do not adequately reflect community sentiment, given the effect > name changes for the foundation and movement would have. This was a major > motivation for the open letter. > > > Thanks go out to more than 70 participants from Wikimedia affiliates who > took part in our recent meetings to discuss the brand project issue. The > result was more than a dozen editors who help create the open letter. > > > With 50 major chapters and affiliates and 600+ individuals signing the > statement, we are seeing great interest in this issue. > > Regards, > > -Andrew (User:Fuzheado) > > > LINKS: > > Community Open Letter on Renaming (COLOR) on meta: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming > > 2030 Brand Project main page: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project > > Brand survey for individuals: > > https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9G2dN7P0T7gPqpD > > (If there are options you would like to highlight outside of the three > provided, it is possible to write in your own options and views at the end > of the survey) > > Brand survey for affiliates: > > A link should have been sent to the affiliate liaisons or affiliate > contacts. If you have not received any correspondence, please contact Essie > Zar (ezar -at- wikimedia.org) of WMF. > > English Wikipedia Signpost article about the issue and a Q&A interview with > the document writers and collaborators: > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-06-28/Interview > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727
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