Hi Chris, Great, thank you! I’ve integrated some parts as another person was translating this morning.
A first version of the TL in english should be made available today. Kind regards Natacha > Le 12 juil. 2017 à 10:14, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > 2017-07-12 1:34 GMT+01:00 Natacha Rault <n.ra...@me.com>: >> So this is the translated part stopping in may 2017 (recent developments not >> included) > > I had a bit of spare time this morning so I've translated part of May (below). > > 4 May 2017 > > Explanation of the number of resignations from the Board > > Emeric Vallespi writes an email, in the name of the Board, explaining > the resignations and denying any governance problems. He refers > explicitly to the origin of the resignations as "an exceptional threat > to the organisation due to non-respect of the obligations in civil and > criminal law upon the leaders of the association" not as "political > dissension within the Board". > > 5 May 2017 > > Explanation from Caroline Becker of her resignation > > In response to Emeric's email, @K_rho (Caroline), former member of the > Board, posts her account of her resignation on Twitter, pointing out > that a disagreement on the governance of the association was at the > source. She adds to her tweet a copy of the resignation mail she sent > to the board of directors on February 21. > > 8 May 2017 > > Emeric is a candidate in the legislative elections > > Emeric is officially announced as a "candidat suppléant" to the French > National Assembly for the En Marche party. Information is not provided > on the general discussion list by management. Mathis, an ordinary > member, will inform the members of this situation on May 25th. > > (Translation note: "candidat suppléant" is a kind of 'substitute > candidate' that is not commonplace outside of France. My understanding > is that each party nominates a candidate and a substitute candidate > for each district. If the party wins the seat then the candidate > enters the legislature. If the successful candidate can no longer > serve, e.g. because of death or appointment as a government minister, > the "suppleant" takes over as the legislator for that district.) > > 11 May 2017 > > Wave of unsubscriptions from the list > > In the afternoon, a large number of members and contractors of the > association are unsubscribed from the discussion list by its > administrator. At the same time, administrator access to the CiviCRM > system is removed from the few "ordinary" members who had access to > it. > > 11 May 2017 > > Émeric sends an email on the mailing list accusing 3 of the resigning > board members of putting the association in danger. The resignations, > according to him, are part of a more general conspiracy. In this mail > we learn that an investigation for harassment was opened by the > Wikimedia Foundation on February 16, 2017, which was subsequently > abandoned. > > 12 May 2017 > > Views from Wikimedia Argentina > > Anna Torres, executive director of Wikimedia Argentina, complains of > the negative implications of the words used by Wikimedia France to > describe the Argentine MOOC within the FDC discussion > > "We are very surprised and unhappy by your negative reference to our > work in the discussion of your staff assessment." > > The phrases used do not emanate from the WikiMOOC team, but are > potentially harmful to them, while the Argentine MOOC team has shown > its support for the project. > > 14 May 2017 > > The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) considers the grant > application from Wikimedia France very negatively > > Amount requested: 686 000 € > Amount recommended by the FDC: 343 000 € > Amount allocated the previous year: 570 000 € > > The FDC considers Wikimedia France's grant application very > negatively. It recommends allocating 50% of the funds requested > because the results are not commensurate with the funds received, as > explained in the two previous recommendations of the FDC. It also > believes that the potential for significant, clear and measurable > results from this year's bid is not sufficient to qualify for the > requested funding. In addition, the FDC is concerned about the recent > developments in the organization of the association and its governance > (many resignations of employees and members of the Board, a two-headed > system at the management level, etc.). The FDC recommends that > Wikimedia France undertake a review of its governance. > > In commenting on the FDC's recommendation, Nathalie (the association's > director) says: > > "This is not a problem of communication, or mediation ... it is an > organizational dysfunction (of the FDC - Editor's note) but that is > not attributable to Wikimedia France." > > She goes on to say: > > "When some people realized that the investigation (for harassment - > editor's note) was not credible as initially announced, because it did > not answer to any fair and transparent process. It was abandoned and > replaced by an an outrageously negative assessment that goes so far > as to worry about the sustainability of Wikimedia France! This > assessment has influenced the FDC's proposal to cut [the grant], since > the figure put forward by the volunteers is based on the study done by > employees of the Foundation." > > Note: The FDC is a committee made up of volunteers who are part of the > Wikimedia movement. > > Édouard, on behalf of Wikimedia France indicates on the discussion > page for the recommendation, > > "it seems to us the Fund Dissemination Committee is overstepping its > bounds when it makes the funding of an affiliate contingent on its > evaluation of their organisational structure. Indeed, operational > organisation of the staff is the employer’s exclusive prerogative." > > 15 May 2017 > > Meeting of local groups > > Local group volunteer coordinators are invited to a "live chat time" > on the association's Mumble "so that [we] are not put in difficulty by > the questions of the members of our respective groups." Pyb, Mathis > and Vigneron (late) are there; from the board of directors and > management are Samuel, Floflo, Marie-Alice, Nathalie and Cyrille. This > discussion session eventually turns into Pyb's request, supported by > Mathis, for the resignation of the Board and the organization of a > special General Assembly, as a prerequisite for any discussion. > > After failing to explain the reasons for the 40% resignation of the > Board of Directors and in light of the recommendations issued by the > FDC, several people suggested that a new General Assembly would be > necessary to elect a new Board of Directors. 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