Dear Gabriel, Could be great with a logo :) And with more activity!! :)
Depending on who the target group of the logo is, I would propose a less "disabled" logo. Being offline can also mean to solve bandwidth issues, to circumvent repressive governments or to just be more resilient in some broader sense. It should be empowering. Most offline solutions would build upon their own network infrastructure. While I cannot create a logo, I would strongly suggest to use symbolism of for instance "local area networks" <https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=local%20area%20network%20icon&tbs=imgo:1>, rather than "not connected" or "not online". Best, Ben On 3/5/19 4:31 PM, Gabriel Thullen wrote: > First of all, I would like to thank Florence for bringing this subject up. > > I must admit that I did not know of the group's existence until one > day I "happened" upon it about one month ago. I was researching the > possibility of creating an Offline User Group, and had even created a > logo for a user group back in December 2018: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Offline_Logo.svg > > I therefore propose this logo for the group. > > I am also willing to work to get this User Group more active. > > Best regards > Gabriel > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 8:31 PM Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com > <mailto:meta...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > For group contacts + reports : It would be good to have an annual > nomination thread, and short wiki vote, a few months before our > annual report? (/August/ each year) > That way we can use the same energy to summarize what's been > happening; those involved in active projects should feel welcome > to be liaisons; and we keep the meta pages up to date. > > On board voting: > + Arranging private votes has been a perennial weakness for the > movement. Would others be interested in public discussion of > pros/cons of different candidates? > + I respect the concerns around voting multiple times: we want > people to be comfortable joining many groups while only voting > once. Is there any proposal yet re: how to do this? > + Say that, per Nemo, only incorporated groups vote in the final > selection. Perhaps we could share formal recommendations with > that group, before their vote (and sort those out on Meta). > > SJ > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 9:39 AM Federico Leva (Nemo) > <nemow...@gmail.com <mailto:nemow...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Thanks for raising the point. > > Florence Devouard, 27/02/19 14:17: > > Yet... an WMF affiliate has some obligations... so how > should we deal > > with that in the least time-consuming, least-bureaucratic, > > least-expensive way, yet playing our role in representing, > recruting and > > promoting offline in the mouvement ? > > From my point of view as a supporter of offline projects, the > ideal > solution is that all affiliates agree that only incorporated > entities > will have a formal vote (whatever its weight) in the final > phase of the > selection of 2 board seats, to avoid creating new unwanted > work about > internal governance. > > Alternatively, a simple method might be to decide that all > user groups > will have a discussion/vote on a certain wiki page where all > their > members can join (Meta-Wiki may be enough if it can be > public), so that > it's easy to identify unwanted patterns. (And establish a > quorum or > whatever other criteria is decided.) > > Federico > > _______________________________________________ > Offline-l mailing list > Offline-l@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:Offline-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 > 529 4266 > _______________________________________________ > Offline-l mailing list > Offline-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Offline-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Offline-l mailing list > Offline-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/offline-l -- Benjamin Balder Bach Software development, board member, 100% volunteer www.twitter.com/benjaoming FAIR Denmark // www.fairdanmark.dk Ensuring digital longevity and development through free, open knowledge and software i...@fairdenmark.dk tel. +45 29900413 https://www.facebook.com/fairdanmark/ https://twitter.com/FairDanmark
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