Same practice here, through spontneous reflection independent of wmfr. Seemes that this is at least natural for a chapter. I believe wmf employees should also be encouraged to contribute to the projects.
Erlend Wmno Den torsdag 17. april 2014 skrev Christophe Henner < christophe.hen...@gmail.com> følgende: > Hi everyone, > > Just to share what we do at Wikimedia France. > > Employees are allowed to edit Wikimedia Projects from personnal > accounts. When they do as Wikimedia France employees, they use their > "professional" accounts, that stays they're employed by WMFr. > > We do not look at what they do on their personal time with their > personal account. The Wikimedia Project policies are there to prevent > any bad behavior. > > We believe our role is to empower our local community. To help it > meet-up, conceive projects and run projects. We want our employees to > support local volunteers. If we want them to do that efficiently, we > need them to understand what editing Wikimedia projects means. > > Moreover, I don't know how it is in other countries, but in France, as > an employer, it is really hard to forbid an employee to do a specific > activity on their free time. > > Best, > -- > Christophe > > > On 17 April 2014 10:08, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > On 17 April 2014 08:46, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > ... > >> On this, you and I seem to be about as far apart as we can be, so we > >> will have to agree to disagree. This is why in threads like the Belfer > >> one I encourage people to stay cool and not let this stuff get to > >> their heads, because this is the kind of moral panicky BS we need to > >> stay the hell clear of. > > > > Staying cool is something we can all agree with. > > > > However when long term senior managers of the Foundation respond to > > respectfully written whistle-blowing messages such as Russavia's or > > Tomasz' previous blog post by deriding them as raising "moral panicky > > [Bull Shit]", you are putting these words in the mouths of your CEO > > and Board of Trustees. If this is the vulgar way that the Foundation > > wishes to be publicly represented, I would be very surprised. > > > > This is not the first time that Erik has been sarcastic and rude in an > > apparent attempt to close down discussion in public responses to > > whistle-blowers. Perhaps Sue or one of the Trustees would like to say > > something about their expectation for exemplary and mellow behaviour > > towards the Wikimedia Community from their senior management team? > > > > Thanks, > > Fae > > -- > > fae...@gmail.com <javascript:;> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > ?subject=unsubscribe> -- *Erlend Bjørtvedt* Nestleder, Wikimedia Norge Vice chairman, Wikimedia Norway Mob: +47 - 9225 9227 http://no.wikimedia.org <http://no.wikimedia.org/wiki/About_us> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>