I agree on the tracking issue. A few years ago I heard about a situation in which a law enforcement agency was tracking complaints about its officers and learned through that system that one of its officers had a pattern of receiving "courtesy complaints", not bad enough to indicate that the officer should be fired, but problematic enough in a pattern to suggest that intervention from a supervisor was appropriate. The intervention that was attempted was to pair that officer with a more experienced officer to teach the younger officer about how to do his/her job with less friction. After that intervention, the pattern of complaints stopped.
Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Kevin Payravi <kevinpayr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm confused about why WMF is in charge of these issues at events > instead of the local organizers > > I'm not sure if saying that the Foundation is in charge of safe space at > local events is accurate; I see it as a shared responsibility between the > Foundation and local organizers, and participants as well. > > As an organizer of several events in the US space, having the Foundation's > involvement is valuable. As is clear from this thread, managing the safety > of an event isn't an easy task, and so many different situations can arise. > Organizers might not always fully have the needed experience and capacity > to deal with these issues, and even if they do, it can be helpful to have > the Foundation's personnel and prior experience. > > There is also the importance of tracking incidents across spaces i.e. if > an incident occurs at one event, being able to ensure the incident does not > continue (or similar incidents do not occur) at future events is important > - and the Foundation is in a good position to be able to facilitate that. > > Thanks, > Kevin Payravi > SuperHamster > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 2:08 PM Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, James. I think that "clarifying the distinction between friendly >> spaces situations and Trust & Safety issues" is a good idea. >> >> A specific suggestion that was made earlier in this thread which sounded >> like a good idea to me was to have an indicator, somewhat like we currently >> do for "Photos OK" or "Photos not OK", for "friendly touch OK" or "friendly >> touch not OK". >> >> I would also like to see the upcoming review of the relevant policies >> include discussions of who should be responsible for them (I'm confused >> about why WMF is in charge of these issues at events instead of the local >> organizers) and the level of transparency regarding reports and >> investigations. >> >> Thanks for your attention to these issues. >> >> Pine >> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > -- > > Kevin Payravi > W: http://www.kevinpayravi.com > P: (330) 554 - 3397 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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