Wikimedia Chapters and Creative Commons: advise please

[Siska Doviana]

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From: Siska Doviana <sere...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: Wikimedia Chapters and Creative Commons: advise please
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From: Jerry~Yuyu

In Hong Kong, we're experience a rather personal cooperation with our local CC body as CCHK's project manager is a member of WMHK, and also a friend of most of our broad members

>> This is interesting, are you saying that

1) There is a local CC body in HK and it is not Wikimedia HK  <-- although the project manager is also WMHK member. May I know the local CC body in HK? I mean as in backround and stuff. Is the organization is academical, tech, how did the org got funding? What did they do?

 

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From: Filip Maljkovic <dung...@gmail.com>

Siska Doviana wrote:

I understand Wikimedia Serbia is doing the same thing, but it is not really clear to me on "how" they do it, or how a chapter is involved actively. If I'm not mistaken (Filip please correct me if I'm wrong), Wikimedia Serbia only serve as a host, while the actual effort is handled by someone else (in this case a lawyer) instead of a wikimedian.
 

Yes, it's something like that. The project lead*, Nena Antic, is a member of Wikimedia Serbia and there are several other people with various roles (generally involving PR and the like) who are also members of WMRS and/or similar like-minded friendly NGOs. But since there has to be an organization behind the CC localization, WMRS is the leading one. So, you could say we serve as some kind of a host for that. And this has worked pretty well. :)

* meaning, the main person responsible for the localization and adaptation of the licenses, so a lawyer behind it all

>> Thanks Filip, I'm Ccing my chapter in here.

From: Pharos pharosofa...@gmail.com

My understanding is that Wikimedia Germany and the Creative Commons affiliate share office space in Berlin, but that they are separate organizations.

>> Uhmm, I think what they have in Berlin is CC International, funnily enough we did our communication with the one (I think) in Berlin but the agreement goes back to the CC in SF, California. So honestly, I know their different but how different is still unclear to me.

In New York City, we have worked closely with the local Creative Commons office (and the Free Culture groups in the city), but there is no formal relationship.

 

>> So Richard, let me get this right - so NY have local Creative Commons office aside from the central one in SF. Are the NY office branch? Or hosted by other organization as in other countries?

 

>> Can you define worked closely? In HK - I believe they met several times, do events together, give advice on some cases (legal). I wonder if there are any events together, would it be like, you initate it together, or one initiate the other participate? And how did you get funding/ volunteers?

 

Thank you guys,

Siska Doviana 

 

 

 

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Siska Doviana <sere...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Chapters,

 

Wikimedia Indonesia is planning to be Creative Commons Affiliate Institutions in Indonesia. Ivan (the Executive Director) asks if there are chapters here experienced in doing this.

 

I understand Wikimedia Serbia is doing the same thing, but it is not really clear to me on "how" they do it, or how a chapter is involved actively. If I'm not mistaken (Filip please correct me if I'm wrong), Wikimedia Serbia only serve as a host, while the actual effort is handled by someone else (in this case a lawyer) instead of a wikimedian.

 

Another input needed perhaps from Tzu-Chiang (Wikimedia Taiwan), who surprisingly (to me) give a Academia Sinica as an address. If I understand correctly, Academia Sinica host creative commons for Taiwan.

 

So any input as: "Now we have an agreement with CC, what to do with it?"

 

Is greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you,

Siska Doviana

Wikimedia Indonesia