Essie, The answer to that proposal was a clear, unambiguous "no". Not "keep asking".
Immediately stop this process. And don't use an agency blocked for spamming our projects. Todd On Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 11:33 AM Essie Zar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > There are some new updates and opportunities to engage with the Brand > project. Thank you to Lodewijk for bringing some attention to a few of > these opportunities. We were actively drafting this update for this group > when your email went out. > > As Zack indicated in September,[1] we have been regularly discussing with > the members of the brand network (which people can still join )[2] ideas > around an evolved brand system with "Wikipedia" as a center point. To > assist in this evolution of the movement brand, we chose to partner with > Snøhetta,[3] an internationally renowned design firm known for working on > complex and multi-stakeholder projects like the modern Library of > Alexandria (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) and the 9/11 Memorial in New York > City. Snøhetta has been tasked with figuring out precisely what this > improved brand system will look like. They will release a proposed naming > convention for movement-wide feedback in April, and a proposed design for > movement-wide feedback in May. [4] The result of this process will be a new > branding system that will be opt-in for affiliates. > > In order to have enough knowledge and context to arrive at these proposals, > Snøhetta is reviewing feedback from the many points at which it has already > been given, and has created a process with built-in community involvement. > The > process thus far has included workshops in Norway, India and online with 97 > volunteers from the brand network (movement affiliates, volunteers, > foundation staff, and board members) reflecting 41 nations. At the > workshops, community participants were asked to break into small groups to > answer the question "Who are we?". Through these workshops, groups > developed rich concepts* that they think best represent who we are as a > movement. > > Now, we would like to invite you to review the 23 concepts that came out of > the community workshops by “liking” and providing feedback on the one(s) > you think best represent the Wikimedia movement. You can click on any > concept to see an expanded explanation and photos of the actual concepts > built or selected by workshop participants. > > Approximate time to complete this exercise is around 10-15 min. > > https://brandingwikipedia.org/concepts/ > > Feel free to leave feedback directly on Snøhetta’s website, on the project > talk page on Meta [5], or on the Brand Network [2], which will also be > available on Meta starting next month. > > Snøhetta will use the feedback from the concepts to develop one single > concept to act as a tool that will help guide the proposals around naming > (expected for April) and around design (expected around May). They are > scheduled to begin reviewing feedback on Tuesday, 17 March, but can > continue taking feedback for a few more days if there is interest. > > We also invite you to share what free knowledge means to you in Snøhetta's > open exercise. Please take a moment and share your thoughts in any of the > channels mentioned. > > > https://brandingwikipedia.org/2020/02/17/what-does-free-knowledge-mean-to-you/ > > Finally, we want to acknowledge that we have feedback, from various points > in this process so far, from several communities and in several areas of > the wikis, including Meta. We understand that some people believe that we > don’t need this project. Our shared vision is for every single human being > to freely share in the sum of all knowledge -- and that means billions of > people. There are many people and cultures we still need to reach and > include. We will need a strong well known brand to achieve the goals the > movement has set for itself and we have a lot of work to do to get us > there. > > Want to learn more? Check out the project hub at brandingwikipedia.org and > the project page on Meta [5]. Participate in discussions on the project > talk page, or by joining the Brand Network [2]. Also feel free to drop us a > note at [email protected] if you have questions. > > Thanks! > > Essie Zar > > (from the movement brand identity project team) > > > > [1] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2019-September/093382.html > > [2] https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediabrandnetwork/ > > [3] https://snohetta.com/ > > [4] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project#Process > > [5] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project > > * What is a concept? > A tool making the complex more understandable. > > Concepts make complex subjects more understandable. They manage to > consolidate vast amounts of facts, data and details into a singular > definition in its context. By creating concepts we allow ourselves to > acknowledge the complexity yet dare to step away from differences and look > for similarities that binds it all together. > > > -- > *Essie Zar* (she/her) > Brand Manager > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
