It is exactly correct and I have signed it as well. On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 10:12 PM Neal McBurnett <[email protected]> wrote:
> See the attachment for an open letter organized by dozens of Wikimedia > affiliates asking for an immediate pause to renaming activities by the > Wikimedia Foundation, due to process shortcomings of the 2030 Movement > Brand Project. > > I just signed the open letter described in the attachment. > > Or just visit: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming > > and some of the many pages it links to. > > I propose that we sign this as the Wikimedians in Colorado User Group. > > What do you all think? > > Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Andrew Lih <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia Affiliates <[email protected]> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 10:40:05 -0400 > Subject: [All-affiliates] Community open letter on renaming on Meta > > Dear all, > > There is currently a community open letter on renaming [[m:COLOR]] that > requests a pause to renaming activities being pursued by the Wikimedia > Foundation 2030 Brand Project. The open letter focuses on concerns about > the problems with the process so far, and not about specific naming choices. > > Individual editors and affiliates (via their designated representative) > can sign with their logged-in account to show support. > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming > > Coming up: There is currently a branding survey that runs until July 7. > There is concern that the consultation process and options on the survey do > not adequately reflect community sentiment, given the effect name changes > for the foundation and movement would have. This was a major motivation for > the open letter. > > Additionally, it has been announced that there will be a WMF board meeting > scheduled in July to discuss the branding issue, so it is important to > express your views now. > > > Thanks to all the affiliates who took part in our recent 2020-06-20 to 21 > affiliates meetings to discuss the brand project issues, where we had more > than 70 attendees. Folks from those calls helped generate the letter > through the help of more than a dozen editors. > > > With more than 40 major chapters and affiliates and 500+ individuals > signing the statement, we are seeing great interest in this issue. > > Regards, > > -Andrew (User:Fuzheado) > > > LINKS: > > Community Open Letter on Renaming (COLOR) on meta: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_open_letter_on_renaming > > 2030 Brand Project main page: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Wikimedia_brands/2030_movement_brand_project > > Brand survey for individuals: > > https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9G2dN7P0T7gPqpD > > (If there are options you would like to highlight outside of the three > provided, it is possible to write in your own options and views at the end > of the survey) > > Brand survey for affiliates: > > A link should have been sent to the affiliate liaisons or affiliate > contacts. If you have not received any correspondence, please contact Essie > Zar (ezar -at- wikimedia.org) of WMF. > > English Wikipedia Signpost article about the issue and a Q&A interview > with the document writers and collaborators: > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-06-28/Interview > > > _______________________________________________ > All-affiliates mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/all-affiliates > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co >
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