Hi everyone I wanted to follow up on Zack’s email with an update and links to the naming survey resources published today:
The naming survey report is now available.[1] Thank you to everyone who provided feedback. To learn more about what naming elements should be removed, refined and recombined please view the full report.[2] We are looking forward to collaborating with you again next year. Samir and the Brand Project Team [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project/Naming_survey_feedback_report [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brand_Project_Naming_Survey_Feedback_Report.pdf Samir Elsharbaty (he/him) Brand Associate Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 11:43 PM Olga Lidia Paredes Alcoreza < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank U! > > El mié., 30 de septiembre de 2020 15:55, Zack McCune < > [email protected]> > escribió: > > > Thank you María! > > > > Following this Board resolution, the Brand Project team will be updating > > the project hub. [1] We will also release the Naming Survey results as > > both a report and as the anonymized data by October 6. The publication of > > those materials will be shared on the project hub and announced here. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > - Zack, Essie, and Samir (the Brand Project team) > > > > > > [1] > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project > > > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 12:51 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for hearing the voices, María and members of the board. > > > > > > Defining common goals is the best practice for reaching to the best > > > solution. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Galder > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Wikimedia-l <[email protected]> on behalf > of > > > María Sefidari <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 9:47 PM > > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution to pause Movement Brand Project > through > > > March 2021 > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, following the > recommendation > > of > > > staff, has resolved to pause the Movement Brand Project until the next > > > calendar year.[1] We recognize that much of the Wikimedia movement’s > > > activities, events, and key collaborations have been put on hold or > > > restructured due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we have received formal > > > requests to pause Movement Brand Project activities to reflect this > > > need.[2] > > > > > > The Board remains persuaded that there is potential value in making > > change > > > to our branding system in service of our goals of engaging more people > in > > > our mission. However, we also know that change moves at the speed of > > trust. > > > We have asked staff to meaningfully engage with community concerns and > > > address the request for equitable decision-making within the process. > We > > > also ask members of the community to use this pause to consider how > > equity > > > may ask us to let go of some aspects of our past, in order to create > > space > > > for what could be. Making these decisions together, with so many > > passionate > > > perspectives, will be challenging, but building this capacity is > > essential > > > for how we grow together as a thriving global movement. > > > > > > In the meantime, we will establish a small ad-hoc Board committee to > > liaise > > > with staff, and develop a process of collaboration and decision-making > > > appropriate for the Movement’s brand. This committee will constitute > > > Trustees James Heilman, Raju Narisetti, and Shani Evenstein Sigalov. We > > > hope and intend for this committee to include a small number of > community > > > representatives from affiliates, open letter signatories, and emerging > > > communities, and Foundation staff to be designated by the Executive > > > Director. We’ll update you with more details on the committee soon. > > > > > > In 2021, using insights and recommendations gleaned through the ad-hoc > > > committee, the Brand Project team will restart collaboration and > > > communicate next steps accordingly. This resolution was ratified on > > > September 24, 2020. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > María Sefidari > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > > > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Pause_of_Brand_Development_Work > > > > > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > María Sefidari Huici > > > > > > Chair of the Board > > > > > > 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> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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>
