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 personal experience I have done some stuff that might be called lobbying in the last year: * Given evidence to parliament on Wikimedia projects as part of a joint fact finding committee on (failed) super injunctions. * Researched proposed changes in UK copyright legislation (open publishing and recognition of orphan works) and then supported a position paper back to the parliamentary committee inviting feedback. * Taken part in hosting a workshop for academic bodies on open publishing which included how to help Jimmy Wales with approaching the right political stakeholders in government. * Written to government funded bodies and the official holders of Crown Copyright to clarify interpretations claims of copyright over public domain works. None of the above amounted to much in terms of costs to the movement (apart from my unpaid volunteer time), however I think all could be valid for UK Chapter staff support, travel claims or supporting legal advice, were we to have asked for any. Cheers, Fae On 20 April 2013 08:19, Andre Engels <[email protected]> wrote: > Lobbying is any activity that has the intention of influencing the opinions > of politicians and other influential people on issues. I think a clear (or > at least, at first look clear) between black (corruption-like) and white > (ethic) lobbying would be that white lobbying consists of bringing > information and opinions to politicians and/or the general public, black > lobbying consists of bringing them advantages or promises. > > In general, lobbying consists of sending letters, petitions and such to > politicians, parliaments, governments and such, and talking with those > about subjects we are interested in. It's comparable to propaganda > (political advertising), but directed at 'those in power' rather than the > population as a whole. > > -- > André Engels, [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l -- [email protected] http://j.mp/faewm Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/mfae _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
