An area perhaps for the Legal and Community advocacy department ? Alex
2013/2/20 Balázs Viczián <balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu> > I've replied on two things: regarding "info collecting", that you were > discussing, I believe WMBE can handle it (collecting names and numbers), no > need for a "chapter to the EU" there imo. Regarding actual lobbying, > representation and stuff - an international cooperation, like WCA (but not > in its current state) should do the job. > > Balazs > > > 2013/2/20 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com> > > > Hi again, > > > > if there ever will be a WCA or something like that, then this will be a > > > task for them imo. For the time being, "mapping" could be done by the > > > future Belgian chapter or by some interested local volunteers. > > > > > > > I strongly disagree. As a local volunteer doing monitoring and as someone > > who is currently very actively involved in the founding of Wikimedia > > Belgium. > > > > There are two reasons for that: > > > > 1. We're not talking about Belgian legislation or the Belgian > > government/parliament here. We're talking about the EU institutions. And > if > > you want them to listen to you, you need to represent an European > > community. Otherwise the French will talk to the French government, the > > Germans to the German and the Bulgarians to the Bulgarian. This is by far > > not the best way to proceed and is why this initiative is very necessary. > > > > 2. Even if we'd decide that WMBE should lead this initiative (and that is > > in fact a discussed option), in Belgium we're at best at least a year > away > > from having that kind of infrastructure. We're still to subit our > statutes > > to the AffCom. At the same time I just had it confirmed from a Commissoin > > employee tonight that they plan to table the new copyright legislation > > proposal at the beginning of next year the latest. > > > > As a local volunteer who is doing monitoring my opinion is that there is > > dire need an international group of wikimedians to rely on support. I > > oftentimes feel overwhealmed. > > > > Cheers, > > Dimi > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > > > -- > *Balazs Viczian* > Executive Vice President > *Wikimédia Magyarország* > > Tel: +36 70 633 6372 > Mail: balazs.vicz...@wikimedia.hu > Web: www.wikimedia.hu Blog: Magyar Wikipédia Magazin< > http://huwiki.blogspot.hu> > Facebook: Magyar Wikipédia <https://www.facebook.com/hu.wikipedia> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l