Dear Patricio,
In the past weeks, I understood there to be a formal complaint against
followed process. For these complaints, a process has been established
through the ombudsperson giving an analysis and advise to the board (as I
understand it).
I am a bit surprised how well this complaint has
Has anyone done a search on other logos with similar characteristics, to see
how much they differ? I think the WTO is taking a chance with this. Which
specific aspects do they object to?
Peter Southwood.
- Original Message -
From: Maggie Dennis mden...@wikimedia.org
To: Wikimedia
I'm sure that the legal team has done their homework on this and would not
have made this recommendation unless they felt that the WTO had a credible
argument. Asking the Foundation to play chicken with the lawyers of a
major international organisation over a trademark claim on a relatively new
Hi, Lodewijc!
2013/6/1 Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org:
[...]
Basically my questions are:
* Did the board formally consider the complaints filed through this process
or does that process stop at the ombudsperson?
Yes, in fact the Board representatives at the FDC posted a formal
answer
I would still like an answer to my questions
Cheers,
Peter Southwood
- Original Message -
From: Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net
To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2013 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikivoyage logo
I'm
Craig Franklin wrote:
I'm sure that the legal team has done their homework on this and would not
have made this recommendation unless they felt that the WTO had a credible
argument. Asking the Foundation to play chicken with the lawyers of a
major international organisation over a trademark claim
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 12:22 AM, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
I would think some of these issues would be of concern to you. This isn't
about asking anyone to play chicken. It's about ensuring that communities
are free to choose their own identity.
Change it to a blank/transparent
K. Peachey wrote:
Change it to a blank/transparent square for the logo at the current
time, Then let WV take as long as they want to choose a new logo?
In other words, let's remove their logo, even against their wish, and
then let /them/ come up with a solution?
-- Tomasz
On 2 June 2013 00:22, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Craig Franklin wrote:
I'm sure that the legal team has done their homework on this and would not
have made this recommendation unless they felt that the WTO had a credible
argument. Asking the Foundation to play chicken with the
Hi Maggie and Michelle, thank you for this update.
I see that 4 people noted similarity to the WTO logo in the first
round of voting. Another noted that while he liked the logo, it should
be modified to be significantly different in the second round... but
that did not happen. (none of the
On 31/05/13 21:58, Stephen LaPorte wrote:
The minutes of the WMF Board Meeting on April 18-19, 2013 have been
approved and published:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2013-04-18
The meeting's agenda included:
[...]
I also see under Fundraising Agreements that Sue updated the
Hi Patricio,
thank you for your quick reply.
I checked the link you provided, and I understood that to be a message on
behalf of the two board observers, not so much the outcome of a discussion
of the full board. But maybe that is my mistake, and this message was
indeed after discussion of the
Hi, Lodewijk!
2013/6/1 Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org:
Hi Patricio,
thank you for your quick reply.
I checked the link you provided, and I understood that to be a message on
behalf of the two board observers, not so much the outcome of a discussion
of the full board. But maybe that
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