[Wikimedia-l] Re: Opportunities open for the Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee
Dear Wikimedians, This message is to announce the seating of new members on the Interim Case Review Committee (CRC). For background, the Case Review Committee is a volunteer committee composed of 10 experienced volunteers from across the Wikimedia movement. The CRC reviews eligible Trust & Safety decisions that are appealed either by those who originally requested the investigation or those who have been sanctioned by them. For more information, please refer to the page about the CRC on Meta-Wiki.[1] Following the 2023 call for applications for the CRC,[2] the committee has seated three new members, for a total of ten members. New members will serve two-year terms. The terms of the seven current members have been extended until 31 December 2023. The ten members combined have nearly 1.5 million edits on various wikis and 100 years of experience on our projects. They represent membership on seven different home wikis and numerous affiliates. They collectively hold functionary rights across multiple projects, including administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, oversight, and advanced global permissions. Between them, they have been involved in many key committees and organized groups. For more information on the Case Review Committee’s work, please see the reports page.[3] I'd like to thank everyone who participated in this process for their contributions, especially those who volunteered for this important role. On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation’s Committee Support team, Brian Choo IP and Litigation Case Specialist Wikimedia Foundation [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Legal_department/Announcement/2023_OC_and_CRC_appointments_process [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Monthly_reports#2022 On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 10:35 AM Karen Brown wrote: > Hi folks, > > This is just a reminder that we are still accepting applications for > membership on the Ombuds Commission and the Case Review Committee. Both are > important committees with a vital role in community governance. > > If you are interested in serving in either capacity listed above, please > write in English to the Trust and Safety team at ca[image: @]wikimedia[image: > .]org (to apply to the OC) or to the Legal Team at legal[image: @] > wikimedia[image: .]org (to apply to the CRC) with information about: > > >- Your primary projects >- Languages you speak/write >- Any experience you have serving on committees, whether movement or >non-movement >- Your thoughts on what you could bring to the OC or CRC if appointed >- Any experience you have with the Checkuser or Oversight tools (OC >only) >- Any other information you think is relevant > > > Please also be sure to include your username in the email! > > The deadline for applications is 31 December 2022 in any timezone. > > Regards, > Karen > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 8:54 AM Karen Brown wrote: > >> >> You can find this message translated into additional languages on >> Meta-wiki. >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Legal_department/Announcement/2023_OC_and_CRC_appointments_process> >> >> More languages >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Legal_department/Announcement/2023_OC_and_CRC_appointments_process> >> • Please help translate to your language >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate=page-Wikimedia+Foundation+Legal+department%2FAnnouncement%2F2023+OC+and+CRC+appointments+process==page=> >> >> Hi everyone! The Ombuds commission (OC) and the Case Review Committee >> (CRC) are looking for members. People are encouraged to nominate themselves >> or encourage others they feel would contribute to these groups to do so. >> There is more information below about the opportunity and the skills that >> are needed. >> >> About the Ombuds commission >> >> The Ombuds commission (OC) works on all Wikimedia projects to investigate >> complaints about violations of the privacy policy, especially in use of >> CheckUser <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CheckUser_policy> and >> Oversight <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oversight_policy> (also known >> as Suppression) tools. The Commission mediates between the parties of the >> investigation and, when violations of the policies are identified, advises >> the Wikimedia Foundation on best handling. They may also assist the General >> Counsel, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Board of Trustees of the >> Foundation in these investigations when legally necessary. For more on the >> OC's duti
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Call for applicants: Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee
Hi everyone! The call for applicants for the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee is now open until 4 March 2022. Please see the below email for details (or here < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Call_for_applicants >). Best, Brian Choo Facilitator for the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee Wikimedia Foundation On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 8:30 PM Brian Choo wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > In a nutshell: This is the second call for applications to volunteer for > the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee (hereafter Case Review > Committee, or CRC). The CRC will stand until the Universal Code of Conduct > escalation process pathways are defined and established. Text below > explains what the committee does and what is required of applicants. If it > resonates with you, please apply. Please forward this to any groups you > think appropriate! This call for applicants will be open until February > 25. (A translatable version of this announcement is on Meta at [1].) > > > * > > > In 2020, the Board of Trustees asked the Wikimedia Foundation to put > together an interim volunteer community review process to help support > Trust & Safety behavioral investigations by ensuring that there is a > functionary appeal process available for borderline cases.[2] For clarity, > this is to appeal cases handled by the Foundation’s professional Trust & > Safety staff. It is not to appeal governance decisions by community > administrators or governance bodies. > > > A permanent review process for Trust & Safety team cases will be created > later as part of the final stages of the Universal Code of Conduct, but > this quickly constituted interim Case Review Committee will be asked to > serve until it is functional. As of February 2022, the interim Case Review > Committee will serve until the end of the calendar year 2022, or when a > permanent process is ready to supersede it. This is a critical layer of > oversight to ensure that Foundation actions are fair and unbiased and that > the Foundation doesn’t step in where it is not necessary to do so. > > > We are looking for functionaries and experienced volunteers with an > interest in joining this group. If the work resonates and you qualify, > please apply. > > > > There is a page on Meta with more information about how the CRC works.[3] > In brief, it reviews the case files of qualifying Trust & Safety > investigations that are appealed either by the person who requested the T > investigation or by a person sanctioned as a result of one. We anticipate > that, during active appeals, members may need to dedicate about 5 hours of > work a week reviewing case files. Since it began accepting appeals in > September 2021, however, the CRC has had a light workload.[4] > > > You will be asked to meet with the rest of the group on a quarterly basis > to discuss the committee itself and how it might be improved. In its first > year of operation, the CRC has provided feedback to Wikimedia Foundation > Trust & Safety on how it could improve some of its processes. > > > There are a few very specific requirements for those who are accepted. If > you are interested in applying, we ask that you first read the Committee > charter and decide if you are willing and able to abide by the conditions > of membership and if you meet the criteria outlined there.[3] If you then > want to apply, please write to le...@wikimedia.org using “Case Review > Committee” in your subject line. Please include your username, your > credentials, and a statement of what you hope to bring to the role. > Credentials in this case refers to community background - have you been an > administrator? A member of an arbitration committee? Where or when? What > experiences do you think have prepared you to do this well? Reference to > professional credentials will also be taken into account, but does require > legal identification so that it may be confirmed. Otherwise, we will only > be asking for legal identification from applicants who are finalists. > > > Unfortunately, English language fluency is a must. While we hope to get as > much linguistic diversity as possible, Trust & Safety’s case files are > lengthy documents written in complex English, and expedience and current > availability of resourcing does not make it possible to provide > translations for the interim process. > > > The CRC serves an important role in collaborations between Trust & Safety > staff and volunteers to help make sure we get the balance right in > protecting communities - both in supporting community members and > recognizing community autonomy. > > > *Please submit your appl
[Wikimedia-l] Call for applicants: Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee
Dear Wikimedians, In a nutshell: This is the second call for applications to volunteer for the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee (hereafter Case Review Committee, or CRC). The CRC will stand until the Universal Code of Conduct escalation process pathways are defined and established. Text below explains what the committee does and what is required of applicants. If it resonates with you, please apply. Please forward this to any groups you think appropriate! This call for applicants will be open until February 25. (A translatable version of this announcement is on Meta at [1].) * In 2020, the Board of Trustees asked the Wikimedia Foundation to put together an interim volunteer community review process to help support Trust & Safety behavioral investigations by ensuring that there is a functionary appeal process available for borderline cases.[2] For clarity, this is to appeal cases handled by the Foundation’s professional Trust & Safety staff. It is not to appeal governance decisions by community administrators or governance bodies. A permanent review process for Trust & Safety team cases will be created later as part of the final stages of the Universal Code of Conduct, but this quickly constituted interim Case Review Committee will be asked to serve until it is functional. As of February 2022, the interim Case Review Committee will serve until the end of the calendar year 2022, or when a permanent process is ready to supersede it. This is a critical layer of oversight to ensure that Foundation actions are fair and unbiased and that the Foundation doesn’t step in where it is not necessary to do so. We are looking for functionaries and experienced volunteers with an interest in joining this group. If the work resonates and you qualify, please apply. There is a page on Meta with more information about how the CRC works.[3] In brief, it reviews the case files of qualifying Trust & Safety investigations that are appealed either by the person who requested the T investigation or by a person sanctioned as a result of one. We anticipate that, during active appeals, members may need to dedicate about 5 hours of work a week reviewing case files. Since it began accepting appeals in September 2021, however, the CRC has had a light workload.[4] You will be asked to meet with the rest of the group on a quarterly basis to discuss the committee itself and how it might be improved. In its first year of operation, the CRC has provided feedback to Wikimedia Foundation Trust & Safety on how it could improve some of its processes. There are a few very specific requirements for those who are accepted. If you are interested in applying, we ask that you first read the Committee charter and decide if you are willing and able to abide by the conditions of membership and if you meet the criteria outlined there.[3] If you then want to apply, please write to le...@wikimedia.org using “Case Review Committee” in your subject line. Please include your username, your credentials, and a statement of what you hope to bring to the role. Credentials in this case refers to community background - have you been an administrator? A member of an arbitration committee? Where or when? What experiences do you think have prepared you to do this well? Reference to professional credentials will also be taken into account, but does require legal identification so that it may be confirmed. Otherwise, we will only be asking for legal identification from applicants who are finalists. Unfortunately, English language fluency is a must. While we hope to get as much linguistic diversity as possible, Trust & Safety’s case files are lengthy documents written in complex English, and expedience and current availability of resourcing does not make it possible to provide translations for the interim process. The CRC serves an important role in collaborations between Trust & Safety staff and volunteers to help make sure we get the balance right in protecting communities - both in supporting community members and recognizing community autonomy. *Please submit your application by the end of February 25, 2022.* [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Call_for_applicants [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/May_2020_-_Board_of_Trustees_on_Healthy_Community_Culture,_Inclusivity,_and_Safe_Spaces [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Charter [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Monthly_reports -- Brian Choo Facilitator for the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https:/
[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedians of Chicago 2019-20 report submitted
Hello everyone, The Wikimedians of Chicago User Group has submitted its 2019-20 activities report: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Chicago_User_Group/2019-2020_Activities_Report Warm regards, Brian Choo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Announcement of new Foundation office action appeals process
Dear Wikimedians, This announcement is to increase awareness of a new addition to the Wikimedia Foundation's office actions appeals process through the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee (CRC).[1][2] It includes a new way for some editors who have sought sanction and some editors who have been sanctioned by the Wikimedia Foundation to appeal. Historically, some office actions have been appealable through the Trust & Safety team. The Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee (CRC) was created to provide community oversight of the appeals process. The CRC has 10 volunteer Wikimedia community members and will function until the Universal Code of Conduct becomes effective in approximately mid-2021, when we hope to have a more permanent process in place. As mentioned in the CRC’s charter, the committee will be able to review office actions which were closed by the Foundation with action or inaction, except statutory, regulatory, employment, and legal cases as defined by Foundation attorneys.[3] The office actions policy is a set of guidelines and procedures regarding official changes to or removals of content on the Wikimedia projects, or actions against specific individuals, performed by Foundation staff members and under the authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, upon receipt of one or multiple complaints from the community or the public, or as required by law. Complaints that may lead to enforcement of office actions may include, but are not limited to, privacy violations, child protection, copyright infringement or systematic harassment. All office actions are performed pursuant to the Terms of Use. Appeals of office actions may be submitted to the CRC by anyone involved in the office action via email at appeals[at]wikimedia.org. Detailed instructions on how to appeal may be found on the CRC’s meta page.[1] Some office cases are not eligible for review. A Foundation attorney will check each case where appeal is requested to determine its eligibility before turning over the case files to the committee. For transparency, the committee chair will be able to review those requests and will therefore have insight into how many cases are eligible or not. Please refer to the CRC’s page on meta.wikimedia.org for further information. You are encouraged to inform your community about this new appeals process. If you have questions for or about the committee, please put them on the CRC talk page on Meta or email me at bchoo-ctr[at]wikimedia.org.[4] The Meta talk page also contains questions that have already been asked and answered. I will find answers to your questions and post responses on the Meta talk page. On behalf of the committee, Brian Choo Interim Case Review Committee Facilitator [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_actions [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Charter [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee -- Brian Choo Interim Case Review Committee Facilitator Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
