We have three yesses so far. I suggest we wait another day or two then submit a group response if we have consensus.
-Neal On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 10:05:58PM +0000, Isarra Yos wrote: > Seems reasonable to me. > > We should probably get our group back in compliance, though, while we're at > it - I think all we need to do is actually submit our > report > (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group/Annual_Report_2019). > Should I just go ahead and do that? > > -I > > On 02/07/2020 19:42, Todd Allen wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co
