Re: [Wikimedia-l] Question: How do we define lobbying?

2013-04-20 Thread Fae
There are some useful draft definitions here. It would be handy to get a page on meta started as a list of best practices for chapters and other groups that may not be sure of what are normal sorts of lobbying accepted within the Wikimedia movement that could be okay for funding support. From my p

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Question: How do we define lobbying?

2013-04-20 Thread Andre Engels
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Ilario Valdelli wrote: > The problem is that in some European countries lobbying is in a gray zone > at the limit of "corruption" and it's not legally recognized. > > What is important is to define clearly what people means with "lobbying" > and may be better to c

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Question: How do we define lobbying?

2013-04-19 Thread Samuel Klein
In the WMF context, it has a precise (well, reasonably precise) definition under US law. Perhaps we can clarify how this applies / what would qualify in different contexts. SJ On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Ilario Valdelli wrote: > The problem is that in some European countries lobbying is in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Question: How do we define lobbying?

2013-04-19 Thread Ilario Valdelli
The problem is that in some European countries lobbying is in a gray zone at the limit of "corruption" and it's not legally recognized. What is important is to define clearly what people means with "lobbying" and may be better to change the word. On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Fae wrote: > I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Question: How do we define lobbying?

2013-04-19 Thread Matthew Roth
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Fae wrote: > In a workshop in the Milan conference, there was a break-out > discussion led by Iolanda (WMIT) on lobbying. There is a lot of > interest in finding ways of supporting change in copyright legislation > and open knowledge access in as many countries as

[Wikimedia-l] Question: How do we define lobbying?

2013-04-19 Thread Fae
In a workshop in the Milan conference, there was a break-out discussion led by Iolanda (WMIT) on lobbying. There is a lot of interest in finding ways of supporting change in copyright legislation and open knowledge access in as many countries as possible. One of the interesting features of the WMF