What's the plan? edit
Our United Kingdom chapter sent all UK Members of the European Parliament a letter outlining our three core issues asking for a change in legislation. This helped them start the conversation with some of them. We would like to have other countries emulate an initiative.
What's the timeline? edit
- December/January 2014: Finding national coordinators/volunteers
- February 2015: Translations and mailing lists preparation
- February/March 2015: Mailing the letters
- From March 2015 on: Relationship building and copyright counselling
Who are we looking for? edit
Volunteers or staff willing to invest some time in preparation and to keep up longer term relationships with decision-makers. Letters should best be sent out in the name of chapters, user-groups or thorgs, but single community members could do it too if no organisation exists.
What exactly needs to be done? edit
- Translate the WMUK letter into your local language. Send it out to your countries' MEPs via snail mail and email.
- Alternatively use the updated letter of write your own.
- Send it out to your countries' MEPs via snail mail and email.
- Follow-up by keeping the conversation going after they have replied.
National Coordinators edit
| Country | Organisation | WEASEL | Translation? | Mailing lists prepared? | Talked to chapter? | Letters sent? | Replies/Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT | WMAT | TBD | |||||
| BE | WMBE | Romaine | |||||
| BG | WMBGUG | ||||||
| HR | Community | ||||||
| CY | Community | ||||||
| CZ | WMCZ | ||||||
| DK | WMDK | Ole (WMDK) | |||||
| EE | WMEE | ||||||
| FI | WMFI | ||||||
| FR | WMFR | TBD (WMFR call) | |||||
| DE | WMDE | TBD | |||||
| GR | WMGRUG | ||||||
| HU | WMHU | ||||||
| IE | Community | ||||||
| IT | WMIT | Lorenzo, Federico (also at Brussels) | Custom tailored stuff | Yes | Yes; tracked at wmit:Associazione:Politica UE | Yes (no snail mail) | 25 replies, about 10 in-person meetings. All MEPs informally contacted already by email, a dozen by phone. |
| LV | Community | ||||||
| LT | Community | ||||||
| LU | Community | ||||||
| MT | Community | ||||||
| NL | WMNL | Romaine, Grijz | in progress | ||||
| PL | WMPL | TBD | |||||
| PT | WMPT | ||||||
| RO | Community | ||||||
| SK | WMSKUG | ||||||
| SI | Community | ||||||
| ES | WMES; Amical | ||||||
| SE | WMSE | Karl | |||||
| UK | WMUK | Stevie Benton | yes | yes | copyright wikimedia.org.uk
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yes | 7 |