Steven,The Meta page for OTRS was updated to reflect the changes from Feb 1.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=OTRS/volunteering/Header&diff=prev&oldid=2341291 <http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=OTRS/volunteering/Header&diff=prev&oldid=2341291> http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=OTRS/volunteering/Header&diff=prev&oldid=2341294 <http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=OTRS/volunteering/Header&diff=prev&oldid=2341294>People have made numerous mentions of the Identification issue publicly on Meta. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cbrown1023#OTRS_Access Regards Theo On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Steven Walling <[email protected]>wrote: > The discussion has only been going on at the OTRS list sine February 1st. I > know a public announcement is coming because it's standard operating > procedure at the Foundation. Please be patient. > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:09 PM, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Steven Walling wrote: > > > These changes were going to be discussed and documented in public... > > [...] > > > Speaking as an OTRS volunteer not as a staff member (this initiative > > isn't > > > part of my job)... > > > > I don't follow. How do you know that these changes were going to be > > discussed and documented in public? These changes have been discussed for > > at > > least some portion of January without any community involvement. When, > > exactly, was the community going be made aware that these changes were > > being > > discussed? When was the community going to be made aware that these > changes > > had been implemented? An announcement has already been made. When was the > > Community Department going to involve the community (at least to give it > a > > courtesy heads-up)? > > > > > No one can give definitive answers about a process that > > > isn't finalized yet, and it's been conducted in private for the last > > couple > > > days out of respect for the people whose personal information is > > potentially > > > involved here. > > > > Can you explain this further? You won't discuss an issue that involves > the > > community because of respect for what? What you're saying makes > absolutely > > no sense. If basic questions can't be answered about, for example, data > > retention after this change has been announced (and to an extent > > implemented), I don't see how Wikimedia is respecting its volunteers or > > their private information. > > > > MZMcBride > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
