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  • From: "Ignasi Labastida i Juan" <ilabastida.ub AT gmail.com>
  • To: "J.C. De Martin" <demartin AT polito.it>
  • Cc: cc-europe AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Cc-europe] draft letter to the CC Board on communication andgovernance
  • Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:18:31 +0200

Thanks JC for the letter.
I agree in text and the way it's writing and I also wait for Paul's
comments and improvements as we talked in Vilnius,

Ignasi

2008/3/1, J.C. De Martin <demartin AT polito.it>:
> Dear All,
>
> Here is, as promised in Torino in January,
> a draft of a letter to be sent to the CC Board
> by whomever agrees.
>
> I believe the substance reflects what
> discussed at the meeting. The form
> is obviously open to improvements.
>
> Please let me know whether you wish
> to add your signature.
>
> It is probably a good idea to send
> the letter shortly, now that
> the memory of CC+ and CC0 is still fresh.
>
> Best,
>
> juan carlos
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
> Dear CC Board:
>
> As leads of national CC projects, we would like
> to bring to your attention a few thoughts regarding
> communication and governance within the overall
> CC Project.
>
> Regarding communication, we believe that all
> major CC announcements should be pre-announced
> to national projects, to give us the time
> to -at least- be prepared to answer questions
> from our national media and from the commoners.
>
> Pre-announcements were made a few times with
> Mia Garlick, but it clearly did not happen
> with the recent introduction
> of CC0 and CC+.
>
> Some of us learned about these initiatives
> when the press called us in the morning asking
> for interviews.
> Not good for us, not good for CC.
>
> To avoid it in the future, timely pre-announcements
> to national projects should be standard policy
> of CC Headquarters.
>
> Information brings to governance.
>
> As we have said, we need, at the very least, to be
> timely and thoroughly informed.
>
> But more -perhaps much more-
> could be accomplished if the national projects
> were involved, in some form, in the decision making
> process of CC HQ.
>
> CC is, in fact, now a global project. The impact of any
> decision taken by CC HQ reverberates across the globe,
> impacting hundreds of highly-qualified, dedicated volunteers.
> Not to mention the scores of people and institutions
> who use and support CC licenses.
>
> Early involvement of the national projects could
> provide useful information to both understand
> the impact of potential CC decisions as well
> as technical advice that, if followed upon,
> could -sometimes- strengthen CC initiatives
> when implemented worldwide.
>
> For the sake of clarity, Creative Commons International
> is currently doing, in our opinion, a great job in handling
> the national projects. Their support is timely,
> professional and greatly appreciated.
>
> But the above issues are CC HQ related,
> hence our addressing you, the CC Board.
>
> Thank you for your attention,
> we look forward to hearing from you.
> If you need any additional information,
> please do not hesitate to contact us.
>
> Best regards,
>
> juan carlos de martin - cc italy
> .....
> .....
>
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  • Re: [Cc-europe] draft letter to the CC Board on communication andgovernance, Ignasi Labastida i Juan, 04/02/2008

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