Perhaps I'm just being obtuse, but I'm a little unclear on the definition of a paid volunteer. Could you possibly try rephrasing it so that I'm more clear?
pb *Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. T: 1-415-839-6885 x6643 | [email protected] | : @Philippewiki<https://twitter.com/Philippewiki> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: > Proposal: "Paid volunteers" should take care to identify themselves on > Wikimedia Projects and discussions related to Wikimedia Projects. > > Sue Gardner's initial report by the WMF into the Belfer case makes a key > decision that there must be effective processes for escalation of employee > activities that may not comply with Wikimedia local project best > practice.[1][2] The WMF can direct their own processes for their staff, but > a consequence for the wider community is that on our projects we should > have policies that ensure there is simple and straight-forward transparency > for who is a paid volunteer and may have interests related to their edits > or their contributions to discussion. The current situation is that paid > volunteers have no requirement to identify themselves and may contribute > anonymously or pseudonymously in ways that obscure their interest, in fact > this is current common practice. > > I am thinking of raising this proposal on meta, so initial thoughts and > comments on this list would be welcome to decide whether this is worth > taking forward as beneficial to our volunteer community. > > *Definition of "paid volunteer":* > Paid volunteers are employees, contractors or part time contractors of > Wikimedia organizations or other organizations having agreements or > partnerships with Wikimedia. The paid volunteer contributes to Wikimedia > projects and discussions that influence the content of Wikimedia projects. > This includes employees and contractors that may not be paid for their > on-project activities, however their employer benefits from the content of > the same projects. > > Links: > [1] > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2014-April/070827.html > [2] > > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence/Harvard_University_assessment > > Fae > -- > [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
