So far it has been an ongoing process. No obvious reason to expect a change. Cheers, P
-----Original Message----- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Dan Szymborski Sent: 28 June 2020 18:13 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board update on Branding: next steps Question about the timeline: will the community's opinions be ignored at the July or at the August meeting? Or is this considered a continual process? This information would help people with their planning. On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 8:37 PM Zack McCune <zmcc...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > We want to confirm that the Brand Project team has been directed by the > Board to develop new branding options and to evaluate those options with > communities. We invite your perspectives. > > We are asking that you continue to participate in the process which > includes completing the survey, available in 7 languages.[1] Your > participation in this survey will not be calculated as support for a > change. > > We have been alerted to the Community open letter on renaming. We will take > that information into the process. > > The Board will consider all the options, including the option to do > nothing, and make a decision at their August meeting. > > - > > Zack & the Brand Project team > > [1] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Naming_convention_proposals > > > On Friday, June 26, 2020, Tito Dutta <trulyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > The timeline is pretty clear. Glad to know about the special board > meeting > > in early July. Other than the open letter there was a straw poll also: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_ > > brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Community_feedback_and_straw_poll > > The early July briefing, I hope that will be presenting all the aspects > and > > opinions. > > > > Thanks > > User:Titodutta > > > > > > On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 at 04:57, Nataliia Tymkiv <ntym...@wikimedia.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > I want to share with you the next steps of the Wikimedia Foundation > Board > > > of Trustees about the Brand Project. > > > > > > Originally the Board meeting dedicated to the brand project was > supposed > > to > > > happen no earlier than October. The expected outcome from the project > > were > > > the recommendations on what the rebranding should look like - from > > changing > > > fonts/logos to renaming. And if there is going to be a renaming - to > > what. > > > Of course, the Board’s role is not in approving a change in fonts, but > > if a > > > recommendation to rename was to be made - the Board’s role would have > > been > > > to make a decision on that recommendation. The timeline has now been > > > changed, and the renaming part of rebranding will be discussed in our > > > August meeting. > > > > > > Moreover, the Board will meet in early July to receive a briefing about > > the > > > project and talk about the process between June 2018 - June 2020. The > > > consolidated materials on what the brand project team has been working > on > > > for a while now will be presented to the Board, and these materials are > > > also going to be posted publicly. The more-strategic conversation is > > > planned for the August meeting. Time to prepare the materials is > needed, > > > and the ongoing conversations need to be summarised, so the Board can > > have > > > an in-depth discussion about this, before making any kind of decision. > > > > > > We would like to continue with the survey [1] - we have discussed the > > > possibility of technical changes to the survey with an additional > option > > > like “no renaming is needed” (not the exact words, mind you), but with > > more > > > than 700 respondents it is not methodologically sound to change the > > survey > > > now. Staff have confirmed to the Board that responses to the survey > will > > > not be calculated as support for a change. The survey was only designed > > to > > > collect feedback on the possible renaming options, not as a yes/no vote > > on > > > whether to adopt them. > > > > > > Thus the timeline on rebranding for the next 6-7 weeks is as follows: > > > > > > * Early July - special Board meeting with the Brand project team to > > review > > > and discuss the process so far, and for the Board members to receive > the > > > briefing on discussions happening; > > > > > > * July - consolidated materials prepared for the July meeting will be > > > posted publicly after the meeting; > > > > > > * August 5th - the Board meeting on renaming part of the rebranding, > not > > > about the process. The Board will make the decision about whether to > > stop, > > > pause, or continue the work on this, within the framework of a > discussion > > > on strategic goals, tensions and tradeoffs, and potential next steps. > > > > > > * August (after the meeting) - the Board statement on the next steps > > about > > > the Brand project. > > > > > > I also want to acknowledge receiving the Community open letter on > > renaming > > > [2] that was posted this week. Thank you for this statement on the > > position > > > of those of you who signed. I know there are other perspectives, and > that > > > some would agree with it who have not signed it, and that there are > also > > > some who would not agree. We expect that the Board meetings and > > > communication after them will address the concerns raised in the > letter. > > > > > > Stay safe, > > > antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv > > > Acting Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > > > > > > [1] https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9G2dN7P0T7gPqpD > > > > > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming > > > > > > > > > *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal > > working > > > hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. > You > > > should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. 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