Hello, From the resolution page ( https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Brand_Project_Support_(May_2020) : "... and the Board directs the Foundation to complete this work by Wikipedia's 20th birthday." — That is 15 January 2021. Interesting. It seems the option is now to select one of three (re)naming options. Actually, I was going to suggest a "movement-wide review" may need more than 14 days of time.... for affiliates, and communities etc. . Thanks User:Titodutta
On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 at 00:47, Zack McCune <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > As promised, we are back with an update and a new timeline to discuss names > as a movement. We are excited to take on naming together beginning 16 June. > Here is an overview of what happened and what to expect: > > After additional weeks of legal review and a conversation with the Board of > Trustees at their 22 May meeting, we have alignment to present three naming > convention proposals for movement-wide review on 16 June. > > The Board of Trustees affirmed support for the project [1] and vetted > various naming options. They explored legal and financial implications of > different approaches, and evaluated them based on their potential to act as > compelling, unifying tools to elevate the work we are currently doing and > ensure the future of our movement. Based on these assessments, the > movement-wide review will revolve around two naming convention proposals > centered on Wikipedia, one that is a Wiki/Wikipedia hybrid, and an open > response area where respondents can share their own naming proposals. We > feel confident that the vetting process has led to solid proposals, while > we also want to ensure we are open to your ideas and are committed to > reviewing suggestions made in the open response area. > > While these weeks of work have reconfirmed that naming structures centered > entirely on “Wiki” would not be legally feasible or financially > responsible, we were able to uncover ways in which “Wiki” can be used as > part of movement naming. We know there will be questions around this, and > look forward to discussing more in detail during the upcoming live > presentation. > > ***Join us for the live presentation [2] of the three Naming Convention > Proposals on 16 June at 15:00 UTC.*** > > We will present the various options that were considered, the risks and > rewards of each, and how the process arrived at the three options for > review. > > As previously planned, the movement-wide review to follow will be > multilingual and will rely on surveys for individual contributors, > affiliates, and Foundation depts, as well as open discussion on Meta-Wiki, > from 16 June to 30 June. The two weeks of feedback will help to remove, > refine and recombine elements from the proposals into a single, synthesized > proposal. > > We look forward to talking names with you soon. > > Best, > > - Zack & the Brand Project Team > > > [1] > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Brand_Project_Support_(May_2020) > [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3zlBGHHHiY > > On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 12:12 PM Heather Walls <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I wanted to quickly follow up and thank you for being patient. > > > > Zack, Essie, Samir, Elena, and the entire project team was eager, working > > very very hard, and prepared to share the planned Naming Convention > > Proposals this week. Our colleagues across the Foundation, particularly > in > > Legal, were also tightly involved in this project that is both important > > and close to our hearts. Rescheduling feels a bit disappointing to us > all, > > but we are excited at the chance for us to add more to the future review, > > and to set up a stronger discussion across our Movement about the limits > > and possibilities of new naming systems. > > > > Thanks, > > Heather > > > > > > On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 11:34 AM Zack McCune <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone- > > > > > > Today, we are rescheduling the Naming Convention Proposal community > > review > > > planned for May 7 - 21, including tomorrow's live presentation. This > > > critical part of the Movement Brand Project is designed to share and > > > review compelling, > > > unifying naming proposals that would sustain our free knowledge mission > > far > > > into the future. [1] > > > > > > We are incredibly excited to talk NAMES with our communities. We know > how > > > important naming is to the Movement, and together we’ve made > considerable > > > progress on options that would allow us to invite and inspire people to > > > join us. People join the movements that move them, and we want our > Naming > > > Convention Proposals to be both functional and appealing. > > > > > > We are particularly interested in “Wiki” as a potential direction, > often > > > suggested by the community and widely used in our Movement. However, > > there > > > are significant practical issues with "Wiki" due to the relevant > > trademark > > > landscape. We do not want to present to you an option that we could > not > > > make work. The fastest thing to do would be to remove it from the > > > possibilities, but we hear your preferences and we don’t want to do > that. > > > Instead, we need more time to expand the research and risk evaluation > > with > > > our Legal team and the Board to fully understand what opportunities we > > > have. > > > > > > We recognize that changing timing may appear to avoid a necessary and > > > promised discussion. Nothing could be further from our intentions. We > > want > > > to meet our commitment to you to present the best options based on the > > > conversations we’ve had so far, instead of a more limited set of > options > > > that we had to narrow in order to meet our deadline. We want to have > more > > > exploration and clarity on the risks, costs, and rewards of naming > > changes > > > to share with you at this critical phase. > > > > > > Collaborating with our Legal team and the Board, we will work to have > > more > > > details to share with you soon. The Project Team will meet with the > Board > > > of Trustees during their May 22nd summit, and will follow up as soon as > > we > > > can after. > > > > > > Yours in branding, > > > > > > - Zack, Essie, Elena, Samir, Rupika and the entire Brand Project team > > > [1] > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Zack McCune (he/him) > > > > > > Director of Brand > > > > > > 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> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Heather Walls > > > > 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> > > > > -- > > Zack McCune (he/him) > > Director of Brand > > 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>
