Thanks Subodhji. Sorry, I made that unintentional mistake. Yes, it is June (not January)
1st call: 21st June, 2020, 8:30 am IST 2nd call: 22nd June, 2020, 00:30 am IST Regards, Bodhisattwa On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 at 19:12, subodh kulkarni <subodhki...@gmail.com> wrote: > It should be June right? > Please check and correct. > > Subodh > > On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, 6:28 pm Bodhisattwa Mandal, < > bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I hope that the Indian community members are aware of the turmoil in the >> community which has arisen from the entire process of rebranding initiative >> of WMF and its recent updates. I hope many of you have noticed the RfC >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Should_the_Foundation_call_itself_Wikipedia>, >> brand name proposal >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Naming_convention_proposals> >> etc and the widespread opposition this process faced due to several valid >> reasons, which were largely ignored in the process. Recently, I guess, all >> affiliate contacts got a closed survey link to choose from three >> ''Wikipedia'' variants as the future brand. >> >> Yesterday, the head of Communications department of WMF published an >> Executive >> statement, >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Executive_statement> >> where she said the decision of rebranding was already made by the WMF >> board. If that is true, the community and affiliates do not have the option >> to discuss the necessity of the process or stop the process by raising >> their valid concerns. >> >> In this current situation, affiliates are meeting on an emergency basis >> to discuss about what is happening and the next course of action from >> bottom-up. Details of the meeting can be found here. >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/All-Affiliates_Brand_Meeting> >> >> 1st call: 21st January, 2020, 8:30 am IST >> 2nd call: 22nd January, 2020, 00:30 am IST >> >> All affiliates from India are requested to send at least one contact >> person or representative to join the meeting. >> >> Regards, >> Bodhisattwa >> (As a *Wikimedia* *volunteer*) >> >> [P.S. - This post is only for information about the meeting. I do not >> have any link with the brand team and the process or WMF.] >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >
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