KuboF, I have read your email, but I am none the wiser. Please explain precisely what your concerns are. In what way is AffCom not following the WMF guiding principles?
Risker/Anne On Sun, 24 Oct 2021 at 18:18, Michal Matúšov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi wikimedians, especially functionaries of affiliations! > > If nothing substantial will change, in about 2 weeks I am going to start a > formal investigation of possible AffCom's violations of Wikimedia > Foundation Guiding Principles [1]. > > During last months and especially weeks I have noticed several issues > about AffCom which showed up to hinder work and development of Wikimedia > affiliations. While I have originally considered them to be exceptions, > they have shown a consistent pattern through time indicating possible > structural weakness. I have already asked AffCom non-publicly about some > elements of them and AffCom's answers (respectively lack of them) for now > show it to be higher probable that the issues are real and structural. > > In order to make the investigation more efficient and productive I need > your help! If you during last year experienced non-trivial issues with > AffCom, especially if they hindered your affiliation (holding up your > recognition with lack of reasonable communication, non-action to prevent > violations of agreements, very slow work, communication of > false information etc etc etc), please let me know personally > (non-publicly, outside of the list) by email (possibly by sending email > using Meta [2]). I much prefer if you are willing to accept that in case of > investigation I could identify you and your affiliation. But as I > understand that such identification could possibly make AffCom more prone > to target its issues towards you and your affiliation, I accept to receive > your evidence and make a reasonable effort to anonymize it (paraphrasing > your words, getting the essence of the experience without specifics - or to > not use it if it would be unreasonable to anonymize it). Please, write > "*AffCom > investigation*" (without parenthesis) in the title, so I can find it more > easily! Many thanks! > > Last, but urgent related affair: > As *AffCom's Staff Liaison Manavpreet Kaur* is currently a candidate for > the very responsible role of Movement Charter Drafting Committee member, I > have asked her about her involvement in AffCom's issues and the possibility > for her to "import" the AffCom-like issues to the Movement Charter Drafting > Committee [3] [4]. I am sorry for not starting this conversation publicly > sooner! (I have checked the candidates too lately and also needed some time > to prepare the message, as it must be very precise) I know that such > information would be very interesting for many of you and would help you in > your voting decision. (In a similar way I wanted to challenge Rosie > Stephenson-Goodknight during her candidacy for community elected Board of > Trustees seat several months ago, as she in that time was the AffCom's > Chair. Unfortunately, I have too lately considered her possible role in > AffCom's issues to be potentially significant. Sorry again!) > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Guiding_Principles > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:EmailUser/KuboF_Hromoslav > [3] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Manavpreet_Kaur#Your_role_in_AffCom's_issues_in_relation_to_your_Movement_Charter_Drafting_Committee_member_candidacy > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/22235789 > > Best regards! > KuboF Hromoslav (Michal Matúšov) > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/D7XUOJ3YOQ4KAFHSAUCI7WA2KAFN24XN/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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