I would also like that. To be perfectly honest the NDAs are vague enough (deliberately) that it makes things very hard for anyone outside of counsel to really determine what might be a problem.
From my perspective: so, as well as a prohibition on sharing anything we learn exclusively through our work without authorisation, my contract also features a clause that prohibits me from saying anything that might defame the Foundation, its trustees, or its officers. Quite how this is defined has never been made clear to employees, which makes transparency in an era of obscurity, or transparency in an era where there are a lot of sensitive, nuanced things to talk about, difficult. On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:36 PM, George Herbert <george.herb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It would be a good thing if the Board and current or expected interim ED > loosened up confidentiality on the employees. > > It helps internal morale and external confidence in reforms. > > > George William Herbert > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 26, 2016, at 7:30 PM, Oliver Keyes <ironho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I admit to being surprised by the depth of the division between the ED and >>> staff that we are hearing about. Thanks to the Signpost and internal leaks >>> we in the community knew about the low marks in the staff survey, but I >>> guess I didn't appreciate that the situation involved more than widespread >>> professional disagreement and had reached such emotional depth for at least >>> some staff. >>> >>> I would like to ask Brion, who seems to be acting as the de facto VP of HR, >>> if he could ask people if they are willing to have their *anonymized* >>> comments and notes be published. I think that these would be helpful to >>> inform the discussions about the future. >> >> No, he's not. Don't get me wrong, Brion's help is TREMENDOUSLY >> valuable and appreciated. But please recognise that you only see >> things from the outside. Your understanding of what is going on, >> absent internal discussions, is likely to be somewhat distorted. Brion >> is one of the more preeminent volunteers for emotional support but he >> is not acting without HR also acting. >> >>> >>> I fully understand that people may feel comfortable venting and connecting >>> about this situation in private. I am trying to respect that private space >>> while also encouraging a flow of information that I hope will be beneficial >>> for WMF in the rebuilding phase. >> >> The WMF's rebuilding is ultimately WMF-centric. >> >> There are elements with movement-wide components; reform of the board >> of trustees, which is also supported by a lot of staff, is a good >> example. But much of it is internal, private, and only fully >> understood with an NDA. It's why so many people have been able to >> gut-punch employees over the last few months: because there are a lot >> of things where, even anonymised, we cannot say anything. >> >> Given that I would prefer not to risk compromising the healing with >> publicly-shared transcripts, even anonymised ones. This is not to say >> that public feedback and review and transparency isn't welcome and >> needed: it is. Merely that this should not come from the commentary of >> individual meetings. >> >>> >>> Brion, thank you very much for taking on this role as staff facilitator. >>> >>> If a professional facilitator would help as well, I'd say to go for it. >> >> We already have one, and have for months. >> >>> >>> Pine >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >>> 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 mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> 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 mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > 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 mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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>
