Greetings, Thanks for the update. I thank the board for taking this action. What does "supporting flexible naming for all affiliates, including the use of taglines;" mean, that is mentioned on the Diff blog post? Sincerely, User:Titodutta (Sent from a handheld device, excuse typos etc)
শুক্র, 15 অক্টো., 2021 12:20 AM তারিখে Shani Evenstein <sh...@wikimedia.org> লিখেছেন: > Dear all, > > I am happy to share with you that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of > Trustees has passed a new resolution on the topic of branding [1]. > > Some context > > As you may remember, last year the Board paused all work under the 2030 > Movement Brand Project, in order to rethink and improve the Foundation’s > approach to community participation and decision making around renaming. > After year-long work, attentive listening and thoughtful conversation > between the Board, Wikimedia Foundation staff, and community advisors, the > committee has come up with a recommendation for next steps. The > recommendation was unanimously approved by the Board and captured in the > above mentioned resolution. The Wikimedia Foundation will therefore be > resuming its role to steward and protect Wikimedia brands, in partnership > with our broader movement, and the ad hoc Brand Committee concludes its > work . > > What are the main aspects of the resolution? > > Importantly, this resolution extends the Board’s decision that the > Wikimedia Foundation should not pursue renaming work for this fiscal year > (until at least July 2022). Instead, it directs the Foundation to support > the Wikimedia movement through three main areas of brand work that protect > and support Wikimedia’s reputation throughout the world. Please read more > about this decision on the Diff Blog [2]. > > Next steps? > > Wikimedia Foundation teams intend to share more information on new > projects, including their plans for engaging our community, in the coming > weeks. In the meantime, Foundation staff and I are available to answer > clarifying questions on the Wikimedia brand / 2030 movement brand project > talk page on Meta [3]. You are also welcome to join the Board’s Open > Meeting on October 20th, where you will be able to ask questions and hear > from the team directly [4]. > > Special thanks > > On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank the community advisors to > the Brand Committee. This group has worked with us since February 2021, > lending their time and expertise. Their input to the process has been > invaluable and we appreciate their commitment to help us find a productive > way forward. Thank you -- Lucy Crompton-Reid, Joao Alexandre Peschanski, > Megan Wacha, Justice Okai-Allotey, Rachmat Wahidi, Erlan Vega Rios, Richard > Knipel, Phoebe Ayers and Jeffrey Keefer! > > I would also like to thank our Brand Studio team at the Wikimedia > Foundation for their hard work, dedication, professionalism, flexibility, > openness, and vision they brought to our joint work on the future of > branding. > > Together, we made sure that the next steps for brand work are closely > connected to our 2030 strategic goals and we have no doubt they will be an > important service to the Wikimedia movement. I look forward to watching > these plans come to life and invite the community to actively participate > in these discussions and decisions as they unfold. > > Sincerely, > > Shani Evenstein Sigalov > > Chair, Brand Committee > > Board of Trustees, Wikimedia Foundation > > > [1]: > > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Next_Steps_for_Brand_Work,_2021 > > [2]: > > > https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/10/14/wikimedia-foundation-board-of-trustees-new-resolution-on-branding/ > > [3]: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project > <https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project> > > [4]: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Community_Affairs_Committee/2021-10-20_Conversation_with_Trustees > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/MGM4SZVMHTFIF6KYPNC5HH6VPW4ZOIST/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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