Hi everyone, The Affiliations Committee would like to provide some clarification around the privacy of affiliate suspension notices, particularly in the context of ongoing conflict mediation within and between affiliates.
When we conduct investigations into the behavior of individual editors, we strive to maintain privacy for the individual as to the specific concerns under investigation. In the case of affiliate compliance investigations, we similarly treat the specific concerns and the details of any intermediate measures (including possible suspensions) with an appropriate degree of privacy. This is to avoid undue public embarrassment or ridicule for the individuals involved in the conflict mediation process, and to ensure that people are able to work with us in good faith to resolve issues without feeling that they will be subjected to public shaming during the process. Basic reporting compliance is documented in the reporting table on the [[m:Reports]] page, where you can see those groups which have fallen behind on compliance [1]. The suspension-remediation-derecognition process is also publicly documented on Meta [2]. It is 100% at the discretion of the suspended organization whether and how to communicate publicly about their suspension or the details of their non-compliance. Only upon revocation of recognition does the committee communicate publicly about the issue; even then, private details are not shared except as required to correct misinformation. As for ways this could be more transparent without causing undue embarrassment, perhaps suspension status could be indicated on the reports page on Meta; however, even this seems appropriate only if done at the discretion of those who have been suspended. We would be interested in hearing more thoughts about this from those who have been through the process. For anyone who wants to share their views without public disclosure, please feel free to message the private AffCom mailing list with your perspective on this topic at [email protected]. Regards, Kirill Lokshin Chair, Affiliations Committee [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Protocol_for_noncompliant_Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Derecognition_Process_Mapping On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 3:40 PM Paulo Santos Perneta <[email protected]> wrote: > I second, and strongly support Pine's suggestion. > > Being the Affiliations Committee a community-run Wikimedia committee > emanating from the Wikimedia Movement itself, transparency is to be > expected whenever it is possible. As far as I know, there is nothing > confidential in that resolution. > > Obscurity is the mother of all rumors, and we're dearly suffering from > that. > > All the best, > > Paulo > > Pine W <[email protected]> escreveu no dia segunda, 3/09/2018 à(s) > 19:18: > > > Hello Gonçalo, > > > > Thank you for this report. > > > > I would like to ask the Affiliations Committee to post the July 2018 > > resolution regarding Wikimedia Portugal to this mailing list and to > publish > > that resolution on Meta. > > > > I am an advocate for transparency about financial and governance matters, > > which includes the activities of the Affiliations Committee. I request > that > > going forward, all similar resolutions from the Affiliations Committee > > should be sent to Wikimedia-l and published on Meta within one week of > > their approval by AffCom. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Pine > > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 10:56 AM GoEthe.wiki <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > As part of the roadmap AffCom agreed with us after they decided to > > suspend > > > some of our benefits within the Wikimedia Foundation programs > > > ( > > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/private/wikimediapt/2018-July/002625.html > > > < > > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/private/wikimediapt/2018-July/002625.html > > > >), > > > Wikimedia Portugal held an Extraordinary General Assembly on the 1st of > > > September, and a board was elected. This board is identical, with one > > > exception, to the board elected in April of this year and that I > > announced > > > in a similar message ( > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-April/090073.html > > ). > > > > > > The board is now composed of: > > > > > > - > > > > > > Gonçalo Themudo, president > > > - > > > > > > André Barbosa, treasurer > > > - > > > > > > Ana Cravo, secretary > > > > > > > > > We also elected members for the other governing bodies of the chapter: > > > > > > General Assembly > > > > > > - > > > > > > Paulo Santos Perneta, president > > > - > > > > > > Carlos Barradas, secretary > > > - > > > > > > João Carvalho, member > > > > > > Fiscal Council > > > > > > - > > > > > > Waldir Pimenta, president > > > - > > > > > > Manuel de Sousa, secretary > > > - > > > > > > João Lemos, member > > > > > > > > > > > > The general assembly also approved the financial statement of our > annual > > > report, which is published at > > > https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Relatórios/Anual/2017. An English > > > translation > > > is provided at https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Relatórios/Anual/2017/en. > > > > > > The minutes of the meeting are available at > > > https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reuni%C3%B5es/XI_Assembleia-Geral (in > > > Portuguese only). > > > > > > > > > We are currently working on the final step of the roadmap, which is a > > plan > > > for active contributor involvement and improved chapter capacity. The > > first > > > part is to gather signatures of at least 20 chapter members who are > > active > > > contributors to Wikimedia projects, which is currently underway at > > > > > > > > > https://pt.wikimedia.org/wiki/Utilizador:GoEThe/P%C3%A1gina_de_apoio_%C3%A0_Wikimedia_Portugal > > > . > > > We will keep you informed of the second part, once we have developed > it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Gonçalo > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
