Re: [Wikitech-l] Switching to elections for the Code of Conduct Committee?

2019-06-21 Thread Yaron Koren
Hi Kunal, On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 2:36 PM Kunal Mehta wrote: > I think it really depends for what kind of a makeup of committee we're > looking for. I'd like to see the committee staffed with active > Wikimedia developers who are familiar with our community norms, and > then diversity across

Re: [Wikitech-l] Switching to elections for the Code of Conduct Committee?

2019-06-20 Thread Kunal Mehta
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi, On 6/18/19 3:24 PM, Yaron Koren wrote: > That's what I'm writing about: I now think that the committee > should be decided via open elections, instead of having the > committee appoint itself. At the moment, this group has a complete > lack of

Re: [Wikitech-l] Switching to elections for the Code of Conduct Committee?

2019-06-19 Thread Pine W
Hi, I would like to address the proposal for Technical Code of Conduct Committee elections in general terms, without discussing specific incidents. When selecting candidates for powerful public bodies such as the Technical Code of Conduct Committee, I think that considerable public scrutiny is

[Wikitech-l] Switching to elections for the Code of Conduct Committee?

2019-06-18 Thread Yaron Koren
Hi, The Wikimedia technical spaces Code of Conduct is enforced by a committee. That committee's selection process is defined as follows: "The first Committee will be chosen by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Technical Collaboration team. Subsequent members and auxiliary members of the Committee will