I'm also perfectly free to express to the IRS that I'd really like to get a
$10 million check from them at tax time. The ability to offer an opinion on
proceedings with no effective vote or representation in the proceedings is
about as good as a fart in the wind. I'd prefer the WMF keep its flatulence
to itself.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 2:17 PM Isaac Olatunde <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On the contrary, I do not think this is an imposition by the Board or WMF
> as we are allowed to comment on the draft, and suggest improvement.
>
> I have been following the process closely and I do not see anything that
> looks like an "imposition"
>
> The Universal Code of Conduct is not a substitute to the existing policy or
> guidelines but a behavioural guidelines expected of users in any Wikimedia
> project.
>
> Regards
>
> Isaac
>
>
> On Tue, 8 Sep 2020, 16:11 Dan Szymborski, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > As this is being explicitly imposed by the board from above without
> > community approval, participating in any way is ethically unsound. Doubly
> > so without a board election preceding this as the WMF has arbitrarily
> > denied communities the right, as manifested in the election of the
> > community seats, to voice their opinions of actions that WMF has taken
> over
> > the last 18 months. A collaborative process is a collaborative process
> when
> > it's actually a collaborative process, not just when it's called one.
> >
> > The best use of time at this point is to organize the communities to use
> > every means at its disposal to resist such an imposition.
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 4:18 PM Patrick Earley <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello, everyone.
> > >
> > > We are excited to share a draft of the Universal Code of Conduct
> > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct>, which the
> > > Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees called for earlier this year
> > > <
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/May_2020_-_Board_of_Trustees_on_Healthy_Community_Culture,_Inclusivity,_and_Safe_Spaces
> > > >,
> > > for your review and feedback. The discussion will be open until October
> > 6,
> > > 2020.
> > >
> > > The UCoC Drafting Committee
> > > <
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee
> > > >wants
> > > to learn which parts of the draft would present challenges for you or
> > your
> > > work. What is missing from this draft? What do you like, and what could
> > be
> > > improved?
> > >
> > >
> > > Many thanks to the Committee, and everyone who has helped with
> > translations
> > > so far.
> > >
> > >
> > > Please join the conversation
> > > <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Draft_review>
> > > and share this email with others who may be interested to join, too.
> > >
> > > To learn more about the UCoC project, see the Universal Code of Conduct
> > > page
> > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct>, and the
> FAQ
> > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/FAQ>, on
> > Meta.
> > >
> > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct
> > >
> > > [2]
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/May_2020_-_Board_of_Trustees_on_Healthy_Community_Culture,_Inclusivity,_and_Safe_Spaces
> > >
> > > [3]
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Draft_review
> > > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/FAQ
> > >
> > > --
> > > Patrick Earley
> > > Policy Manager, Trust and Safety
> > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > > [email protected]
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