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  • From: John Weitzmann <johnweitzmann AT creativecommons.org>
  • To: "cc-europe AT lists.ibiblio.org" <cc-europe AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [CC-Europe] Updates for the staff call
  • Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 17:19:49 +0200

Hi CC Europeans,

FWIW: The basics of the general funding situation of CC's central org structure were discussed, even with several board members on stage, as early as 2013 in Buenos Aires. It became clear then that several of the "traditional" (US) foundations supporting CC were in the process of shifting their focus. Later, when Ryan joined, he laid out quite clearly before those attending the CC Europe meeting in Berlin that he set out to reform CC's donation structure. He also presented several of his ideas as to how he wants to achieve a more sustainable setup, f.e. with more small donations levered inter alia through the high volume of traffic on the CC website.

So, to be frank, I don't see too much reason for concern really, at least not for any additional/new concern on the part of affiliate teams. The donation pleas are nothing new and the tinkering around with the website in this Transifex-triggering way was a mishap. However, the wording and ways of asking for donations should be decided on with more consultation of the entire affiliate network. I'm convinced that this will be done in the future, see Ryan's message.

If any of you have more specific suggestions, concerns or questions - not limited to the donation thing - please let Gwen and me know on or off list. The next all-staff call is scheduled for tomorrow evening CEST and we are in that to represent you.

Greetz
John



On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Alek Tarkowski <alek AT creativecommons.pl> wrote:
John, Teresa, and everyone else

yes, this is a clear clash of donation cultures. and it's an issue that goes behind the relatively simple problem of us not being informed about a new translation string.

the email from Ryan only raises my concerns - there's a whole new strategy being implemented for the American CC organisation, but which affects strongly all affiliates. THis is because an average internet user does not distinguish easily between American CC org, the general CC brand and affiliate projects, together with institutions / people that run it. I wish we were consulted on this in any way beforehand.

Best,

Alek

On Jun 4, 2015, at 14:01, John Hendrik Weitzmann <jhweitzmann AT mx.uni-saarland.de> wrote:

on the content side of things ...

Am 04.06.2015 um 13:43 schrieb Teresa Nobre:
I think:
1) we do not need to reinforce our need for donations in such a short
message ("a non-profit that survives on donations"), but maybe it's my
European shyness and proudness speaking; 

nothing wrong with a little pride :)   to some extent this is a clash of
donation cultures probably

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koordynator, Creative Commons Polska
European Policy Fellow, Creative Commons
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