Good point Chris, I just took the "do-oqrocy" approach and quickly slap one together.
Can we put this as a proposal for next weeks meeting (05/Nov/2013)? That way it can follow the proper course. Do you have a URL for a "non-SYNHAK-namespace" ? On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Chris Egeland <[email protected]>wrote: > Perhaps I'm missing something, but shouldn't the Privacy Policy be a > Proposal? Yes, it's overdue to have, but because it changes rules of the > space (what the space is and isn't allowed to do with information that it > collects), it needs to be approved by the membership. > > I think that the current page should be moved off of the SYNHAK:Privacy > Policy page and moved to a non-SYNHAK-namespace until it becomes official. > Generally, I like to keep the SYNHAK:Whatever namespace on the wiki for > official policies and such, which is typical with most other MediaWiki > sites. > > For what it's worth, I personally think that a Privacy Policy should be > something approved by the Board, simply due to the bureaucratic nature of > adopting something that is effectively a legally binding document. Not to > say that the membership shouldn't have input on it (the Board works for the > membership, remember), but most other organizations either have their > Privacy Policies adopted by their Board or Legal Department. For example, > the Wikimedia Foundation's Privacy Policy is adopted by their Board of > Trustees. > > I think we should have the following chain of events: > > 1.) Membership and officers collaborate together to build a draft of a > policy to adopt > 2.) Possibly run it by legal counsel if we determine that it's something > that we want to have legally checked over > 3.) Submit the policy to the Board for approval > 4.) Board approves or denies the policy. If they deny, go back to 1, else > go to 5 > 5.) Formally begin following the policy as approved by the Board > > Chris > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Chris Egeland <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Perhaps I'm missing something, but shouldn't the Privacy Policy be a >> Proposal? Yes, it's overdue to have, but because it changes rules of the >> space (what the space is and isn't allowed to do with information that it >> collects), it needs to be approved by the membership. >> >> I think that the current page should me move off of the SYNHAK:Privacy >> Policy page and moved to a non-SYNHAK-namespace until the revision in >> question passes the Proposal stage. >> >> For what it's worth, I personally think that a Privacy Policy should be >> something approved by the Board, simply due to the bureaucratic nature of >> adopting something that is effectively a legally binding document. Not to >> say that the membership shouldn't have input on it (the Board works for the >> membership, remember), but most other organizations either have their >> Privacy Policies adopted by their Board or Legal Department. We don't have >> a Legal Department, so the closest thing we have is the Board. >> >> To give you an idea of who approves and implements privacy policies for >> various organizations: >> >> University of Akron: Office of General Counsel (Legal Department) >> Wikimedia Foundation: Board of Trustees >> >> >> Chris >> >> >> On 10/31/2013 04:17 PM, Andrew Buczko wrote: >> >> Nice job on the formatting. >> >> I think what it means is that we can't change our rules to effect >> something that has already happened. >> >> Lets say we change our policy to "We're going to sell our customers >> information on 31/Oct/2013" Now we can sell any info that NEW customers >> give us, but any customers that gave us info prior to 31/Oct/2013 can not >> be sold. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Omar Rassi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Agreed good catch. I did some editing, grammar fixes, and formatting >>> so it reads a little easier and there aren't so many redundant statements. >>> I also added a date so that people can see the effective date of the >>> policy. My only question is this: >>> >>> How are we going to separate which information falls under which >>> policy revision as per the following statement: >>> >>> *"changes will only apply to activities and information on* >>> *a going forward, not retroactive basis."* >>> * >>> * >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Torrie Fischer < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Thursday, October 31, 2013 01:40:41 PM Andrew Buczko wrote: >>>> > I just saw the the privacy policy link for our page is missing and or >>>> broke: >>>> > >>>> > https://synhak.org/wiki/SYNHAK:Privacy_policy >>>> > >>>> > This was discussed on 2013-01-24: >>>> https://synhak.org/wiki/Proposals/Open >>>> > Did this just never happen? I did some searching but was unable to >>>> find any >>>> > drafts or copies of it on our site. >>>> > >>>> > I went ahead and edited in a Privacy Policy just so that we have one. >>>> I >>>> > encourage everyone to review it and make suggestions. Since this is >>>> just >>>> > one that I copied off of the internet and may not fit perfectly for >>>> SynHak. >>>> > >>>> > Andy >>>> >>>> huh, good catch. As far as I know, the only privacy policy we have is >>>> the one >>>> incorporated into our bylaws: >>>> >>>> "Any member records collected will be kept confidential except to >>>> execute >>>> Chapter 8, Inspection Rights or if prior written permission for public >>>> release >>>> is given by the member." >>>> >>>> That only applies to members though. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing >> [email protected]https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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