Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation
Hello everyone, We are happy to announce that the Universal Code of Conduct drafting committee has been assembled. We had 26 volunteers apply, either by publicly signing up on the Meta page, or by sending an email. Volunteers from 18 different countries applied, speaking 11 different languages. We had Wikimedian applicants with different levels of experience on-wiki, from someone who started editing only last year to people who have been editing for more than 18 years and/or have more than 300,000 edits. Applicants held a variety of different roles within the movement, and also informed us about interesting and relevant experiences in their real-life careers. It was very hard to narrow down from this diverse and extremely qualified pool of applicants. For the final selection, two aspects guided the decision making - we want a committee that at the one hand will represent important parts of the movement. Prolific editors as well as Wikimedians whose strength is more in organizing events, wikimedians from different demographics, contributors from small and large wikis, and people holding different roles within the movement. We also wanted a group of people who will collaborate with one another effectively and create the best possible Universal Code of Conduct for the Wikimedia movement. Experience has taught us that committees that are too large find it difficult to work effectively, so we decided to cap the number of seats to 6 volunteer seats and 3 staff seats. More information on the Committee and its new members can be found on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee> [1], and a timeline for their work is available on the main UCoC page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct> [2]. Please note that more chances for engagement are coming up during the community draft review period starting from August 24. Best regards, Christel [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct Christel Steigenberger (she/her) Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> ___ 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: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation
Hi Peter, I hear and understand your worries. I’d like to reassure you that we are very aware of the fact that no single person and no selected group of people can speak for the community as a whole. This is one of the big challenges all such efforts have to tackle. Representation here is not meant in the sense of legal or political representation. But by speaking for themselves, we hope that volunteers and staff coming from different language communities, holding different roles within the movement and bringing different experiences of engagement with the movement into the process will at least bring diverse valuable perspectives to the creation of the draft for the Universal Code of Conduct. Before they start drafting, they are already now working their way through a reading kit which will make them familiar with the input from the movement strategy process as well as prior community consultations our team has done at regional Wikimedia conferences and Wikimania as well as through facilitated conversations with 19 different language communities. The data is published on Meta here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Community_feedback_at_conferences and here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Initial_2020_Consultations. This community feedback will inform the drafting process. This draft will then be brought to the communities for review starting August 24, as outlined in the timeline here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct#Timeline. We are still looking for ways to make more people aware of this important part of the process. Please spread the word of this upcoming community comment period, to help us get wider participation! I hope the above makes sense to you, looking forward to your engagement with the draft end of August and in September, Christel Steigenberger (she/her) Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> ___ 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: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation
Hi Peter, Thank you for coming back to me with this clarifying question and comment. And sorry for having broken the threading with my previous mail. The community feedback will be mainly gathered on Meta, but we will try and reach out to communities on different channels on- and off-wiki to encourage them to take part in the process. We will also accept comments that come in through other channels and post them in aggregate form on Meta, if users are not comfortable going there themselves. While we are already spending time and energy to prepare for outreach in different languages, we are also aware of the fact that we cannot do this alone. We appreciate every bit of help from you and others on the mailing list, to spread the word that the community comment period will be between August 24 and September 23 and to help us translate the content in more languages than we alone might be able to do. If you know of good channels to spread the word, or know about people willing and able to translate the content into lesser known languages, please let us know! Within the drafting committee we have people speaking 12 different languages that I am aware of - and possibly more. Besides English and Arabic, those are five European, three African and two Indic languages. In addition we have hired facilitators from the community who speak Arabic, Georgian, Persian, Russian and Swahili and we will be getting help from the translator’s pool in our communications department. Please always feel free to let us know of other ideas to improve the process for community feedback gathering! Best regards, Christel Christel Steigenberger (she/her) Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 8:44 PM Peter Southwood wrote: > Hi Christel > I am glad to hear that, and I hope that proper consultation will occur > with all potentially affected parties, in places where they can comment and > point out problems on user friendly or at least familiar software, over at > least a reasonably representative range of languages, and with sufficient > time to discuss issues without an excessively tight deadline. > Speaking of which, what is the language spread of the drafting committee? > Cheers, > Peter > > -Original Message- > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On > Behalf Of Christel Steigenberger > Sent: 31 July 2020 17:48 > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - > Call for participation > > Hi Peter, > > I hear and understand your worries. I’d like to reassure you that we are > very aware of the fact that no single person and no selected group of > people can speak for the community as a whole. This is one of the big > challenges all such efforts have to tackle. Representation here is not > meant in the sense of legal or political representation. But by speaking > for themselves, we hope that volunteers and staff coming from different > language communities, holding different roles within the movement and > bringing different experiences of engagement with the movement into the > process will at least bring diverse valuable perspectives to the creation > of the draft for the Universal Code of Conduct. > > Before they start drafting, they are already now working their way through > a reading kit which will make them familiar with the input from the > movement strategy process as well as prior community consultations our team > has done at regional Wikimedia conferences and Wikimania as well as through > facilitated conversations with 19 different language communities. The data > is published on Meta here > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Community_feedback_at_conferences > and here > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Initial_2020_Consultations > . > This community feedback will inform the drafting process. > > This draft will then be brought to the communities for review starting > August 24, as outlined in the timeline here: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct#Timeline. We are > still looking for ways to make more people aware of this important part of > the process. Please spread the word of this upcoming community comment > period, to help us get wider participation! > > I hope the above makes sense to you, looking forward to your engagement > with the draft end of August and in September, > > Christel Steigenberger (she/her) > > Trust and Safety Specialist > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines
[Wikimedia-l] Reminder - Review of the draft for a Universal Code of Conduct
Hello everyone, We want to remind everyone that only your ideas and thoughts on the improvement of the draft for the Universal Code of Conduct are welcome.[1] The feedback will be collected until October 6th, when the drafting committee[2] will begin final preparations for sharing with the Board. A lot of people from different communities have left their comments already. We are very happy to see many constructive suggestions for improvement and helpful feedback from editors from around the world. The drafting committee is hard at work on revisions and processing all the input from the different language communities alongside with the feedback given on the English language draft. They have posted an update on the UCoC Draft review page, and are very appreciative of the detailed requests for improvement supplied so far. Please join the conversation and encourage others to do the same before October 6 to ensure they enter the Board report. You can leave your feedback here: < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Draft_review> 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 FAQs <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/FAQ> and < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Universal_Code_of_Conduct#A_small_FAQ_about_UCoC >, on Meta. and < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Universal_Code_of_Conduct#A_small_FAQ_about_UCoC >, on Meta. Looking forward to your input, Christel Steigenberger [1] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct>> [2] < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee > Christel Steigenberger (she/her) Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> ___ 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: 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] Call for Applications - UCoC Phase 2 Drafting Committee
Dear all, Do you care about safety, inclusivity, and friendliness in the Wikimedia movement? Are you interested in the guidelines and policies that guide it? Do you have any experience with how they are applied? Do you have ideas about well-functioning enforcement pathways in general? This is your chance to get involved! We are looking for volunteers to join the Drafting Committee for the guidelines of enforcement for the Universal Code of Conduct. If you are interested, please read the following important information for candidates and our essay on an ideal committee <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee#The_ideal_drafting_committee_paradox_-_a_short_essay> [1]. - Who will be on the committee? - eight or nine volunteers, two or three affiliate staff members, and three or four Foundation staff members (depending on how many candidates apply) - When will the committee be active? - April 26 - November 30, 2021. Please be aware that we will prioritize a comprehensive community review over a hard deadline, so the active period for the committee might get extended. There will be a break in Committee duties for a rest period while community discussions are active. For a more detailed timeline see here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee#Phase_2_drafting_committee_timeline> [2]. - What will they do? Understand the current Universal Code of Conduct <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct> [3]. Read background material and draft the enforcement strategies for the Universal Code of Conduct that will outline pathways of implementation. See more information here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct> [4]. - How will they work? They will meet online and work on shared documents. A facilitation team will help them to organize the work, and experts in different areas will be available to provide support. Sessions will include a combination of teamwork and asynchronous work and will have elements of multimedia, facilitated activities, discussion and collaborative work. - How much time should I plan to spend per week? There will be online meetings (1-2 hours per week), as well as background reading in the early phases resulting in up to 5-8 hours each week. There will be a full break and a period of reduced activity over the summer. For more details see the timeline here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee#Phase_2_drafting_committee_timeline> [2]. - What skills should I bring to the process? Ideally you would have experience in policy drafting as well as in the application of policies and enforcement of rules, experience in cooperating online and in writing in English. We would also love our candidates to have empathy; for example, experience in mentoring, resolving difficult disputes, and communicating with compassion are valuable. Experience applying a trauma-informed lens and working within anti-racist and anti-oppresisve frameworks would be highly valued. - How will the committee members be selected? The Trust and Safety Team <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety> [5] together with the Legal Team <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal> [6] of the Wikimedia Foundation will vet all candidates. Then, the Vice president of Community Resilience and Sustainability, Maggie Dennis <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mdennis_(WMF)> [7], will choose committee members based on the level of skills and experience of candidates in combination with diversity factors. If you are interested in applying, please let us know before April 19 by signing up below or mail to Christel Steigenberger <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:EmailUser/CSteigenberger_(WMF)> [8]. Please include your username and link to your userpage of your home wiki and provide links demonstrating your experience. Let us know about the roles you hold or held in Wikimedia or similar organizations. Feel free to add any additional information that will help us make an informed choice. Please forward this message to any volunteers or affiliate staff members you think might be interested, and encourage them to apply and help us spread the word. We also welcome your help translating this message on meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee#Phase_2_call_for_applications> [9]. Looking forward to hearing from you, Christel Steigenberger Senior Trust and Safety Specialist [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee#The_ideal_drafting_committee_paradox_-_a_short_essay [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee#Phase_2_drafting_c
[Wikimedia-l] Peer Support Networks in the Wikimedia Movement
Hello all, We are writing to invite you to take part in a new project that the Wikimedia Foundation Trust & Safety Team is creating. This project aims to maintain and expand peer-support networks within the Wikimedia communities, improve the working atmosphere on our projects, and aid in the fight against harassment. In the Foundation, we believe that your participation and opinion is important as it will enable us to gain diverse perspectives and new information.This Peer Support Project endeavors to connect volunteers in a way where they can support each other, and your knowledge, skills and experience would be highly appreciated. For more information on the project, please visit our Meta page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Peer_Support_Networks_within_the_Wikimedia_Movement> . If you'd like to lend your expertise here, we are organizing Focus group meetings as a next step. In those meetings, we hope to learn about already existing networks, ideas on how volunteers could connect more and better, and what support they would need to do so. These meetings will cover three different time zones, and each meeting will last two hours. Feel free to sign up for the meeting that is most comfortable for you! Focus group meetings will be held on Google Meet on the days and times listed below: 1 October 2021, 7:30 - 9:30 UTC 15 October 2021, 15:00 - 17:00 UTC 22 October 2021, 19:00 - 21:00 UTC Please feel free to encourage more members of your community or other wikifriends to reach out to us if you believe that this project will be of interest to them. Do let us know if you are available to participate in one of those meetings listed above and we will send out calendar invites to you. If you are interested, but are unavailable in the time slots listed above, let us know and we will look for ways to connect. Please be aware that Trust & Safety will also reach out soon with a similar offer to talk about training around the UCoC. Feel free to concentrate on the issue that is most important to you, but of course you are also very welcome to take part in both discussions. We are aware that capacity is limited and will highly value any kind of participation! Looking forward to hearing from you, Christel Steigenberger (she/her) Senior Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, 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/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/GOFHCLT2O65VCUX5KU3U2OVSOPC557QI/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Peer Support Networks in the Wikimedia Movement
Hello all, just a quick reminder that the first of these sessions will be happening tomorrow - if you are interested in joining this or one of the next sessions, please message me and you will be invited! looking forward to hearing from you, Christel Christel Steigenberger (she/her) Senior Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 9:59 AM Christel Steigenberger < csteigenber...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello all, > > We are writing to invite you to take part in a new project that the > Wikimedia Foundation Trust & Safety Team is creating. This project aims to > maintain and expand peer-support networks within the Wikimedia communities, > improve the working atmosphere on our projects, and aid in the fight > against harassment. > > In the Foundation, we believe that your participation and opinion is > important as it will enable us to gain diverse perspectives and new > information.This Peer Support Project endeavors to connect volunteers in a > way where they can support each other, and your knowledge, skills and > experience would be highly appreciated. For more information on the > project, please visit our Meta page > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Peer_Support_Networks_within_the_Wikimedia_Movement> > . > > If you'd like to lend your expertise here, we are organizing Focus group > meetings as a next step. In those meetings, we hope to learn about already > existing networks, ideas on how volunteers could connect more and better, > and what support they would need to do so. These meetings will cover three > different time zones, and each meeting will last two hours. Feel free to > sign up for the meeting that is most comfortable for you! > > Focus group meetings will be held on Google Meet on the days and times > listed below: > > 1 October 2021, 7:30 - 9:30 UTC > > 15 October 2021, 15:00 - 17:00 UTC > > 22 October 2021, 19:00 - 21:00 UTC > > Please feel free to encourage more members of your community or other > wikifriends to reach out to us if you believe that this project will be of > interest to them. > > Do let us know if you are available to participate in one of those > meetings listed above and we will send out calendar invites to you. If > you are interested, but are unavailable in the time slots listed above, > let us know and we will look for ways to connect. > > Please be aware that Trust & Safety will also reach out soon with a > similar offer to talk about training around the UCoC. Feel free to > concentrate on the issue that is most important to you, but of course you > are also very welcome to take part in both discussions. We are aware that > capacity is limited and will highly value any kind of participation! > > Looking forward to hearing from you, > > Christel Steigenberger (she/her) > > Senior Trust and Safety Specialist > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, 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/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/A6WX6KRQSZEDDXKXKXIS54VUEYX7ZSSR/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Peer Support Networks in the Wikimedia Movement
Hello all, another reminder about the next upcoming session, which will happen on 15 October 2021, 15:00 - 17:00 UTC 22 October 2021, 19:00 - 21:00 UTC Please let us know if you are available to participate in one of those meetings listed above and we will send out calendar invites to you. If you are interested, but are unavailable in the time slots listed above, let us know and we will look for ways to connect. Best regards, Christel Christel Steigenberger (she/her) Senior Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 9:47 AM Christel Steigenberger < csteigenber...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello all, > > just a quick reminder that the first of these sessions will be happening > tomorrow - if you are interested in joining this or one of the next > sessions, please message me and you will be invited! > > looking forward to hearing from you, > Christel > > Christel Steigenberger (she/her) > > Senior Trust and Safety Specialist > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 9:59 AM Christel Steigenberger < > csteigenber...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> We are writing to invite you to take part in a new project that the >> Wikimedia Foundation Trust & Safety Team is creating. This project aims to >> maintain and expand peer-support networks within the Wikimedia communities, >> improve the working atmosphere on our projects, and aid in the fight >> against harassment. >> >> In the Foundation, we believe that your participation and opinion is >> important as it will enable us to gain diverse perspectives and new >> information.This Peer Support Project endeavors to connect volunteers in a >> way where they can support each other, and your knowledge, skills and >> experience would be highly appreciated. For more information on the >> project, please visit our Meta page >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Peer_Support_Networks_within_the_Wikimedia_Movement> >> . >> >> If you'd like to lend your expertise here, we are organizing Focus group >> meetings as a next step. In those meetings, we hope to learn about already >> existing networks, ideas on how volunteers could connect more and better, >> and what support they would need to do so. These meetings will cover three >> different time zones, and each meeting will last two hours. Feel free to >> sign up for the meeting that is most comfortable for you! >> >> Focus group meetings will be held on Google Meet on the days and times >> listed below: >> >> 1 October 2021, 7:30 - 9:30 UTC >> >> 15 October 2021, 15:00 - 17:00 UTC >> >> 22 October 2021, 19:00 - 21:00 UTC >> >> Please feel free to encourage more members of your community or other >> wikifriends to reach out to us if you believe that this project will be of >> interest to them. >> >> Do let us know if you are available to participate in one of those >> meetings listed above and we will send out calendar invites to you. If >> you are interested, but are unavailable in the time slots listed above, >> let us know and we will look for ways to connect. >> >> Please be aware that Trust & Safety will also reach out soon with a >> similar offer to talk about training around the UCoC. Feel free to >> concentrate on the issue that is most important to you, but of course you >> are also very welcome to take part in both discussions. We are aware that >> capacity is limited and will highly value any kind of participation! >> >> Looking forward to hearing from you, >> >> Christel Steigenberger (she/her) >> >> Senior Trust and Safety Specialist >> >> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >> >> ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, 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/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/RSZXRZQ7RH7U7A4PPZE5FIXZKTEOTMVI/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Peer Support Networks in the Wikimedia Movement
Hello all, another reminder about the next upcoming session, which will happen on 22 October 2021, 19:00 - 21:00 UTC Please let us know if you are available to participate in one of those meetings listed above and we will send out calendar invites to you. If you are interested, but are unavailable in the time slots listed above, let us know and we will look for ways to connect. Best regards, Christel Christel Steigenberger (she/her) Senior Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 11:53 AM Christel Steigenberger < csteigenber...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello all, > > another reminder about the next upcoming session, which will happen on > > 15 October 2021, 15:00 - 17:00 UTC > > 22 October 2021, 19:00 - 21:00 UTC > > > Please let us know if you are available to participate in one of those > meetings listed above and we will send out calendar invites to you. If > you are interested, but are unavailable in the time slots listed above, > let us know and we will look for ways to connect. > > > Best regards, > > Christel > > > Christel Steigenberger (she/her) > > Senior Trust and Safety Specialist > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 9:47 AM Christel Steigenberger < > csteigenber...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> just a quick reminder that the first of these sessions will be happening >> tomorrow - if you are interested in joining this or one of the next >> sessions, please message me and you will be invited! >> >> looking forward to hearing from you, >> Christel >> >> Christel Steigenberger (she/her) >> >> Senior Trust and Safety Specialist >> >> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 9:59 AM Christel Steigenberger < >> csteigenber...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> We are writing to invite you to take part in a new project that the >>> Wikimedia Foundation Trust & Safety Team is creating. This project aims to >>> maintain and expand peer-support networks within the Wikimedia communities, >>> improve the working atmosphere on our projects, and aid in the fight >>> against harassment. >>> >>> In the Foundation, we believe that your participation and opinion is >>> important as it will enable us to gain diverse perspectives and new >>> information.This Peer Support Project endeavors to connect volunteers in a >>> way where they can support each other, and your knowledge, skills and >>> experience would be highly appreciated. For more information on the >>> project, please visit our Meta page >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Peer_Support_Networks_within_the_Wikimedia_Movement> >>> . >>> >>> If you'd like to lend your expertise here, we are organizing Focus group >>> meetings as a next step. In those meetings, we hope to learn about already >>> existing networks, ideas on how volunteers could connect more and better, >>> and what support they would need to do so. These meetings will cover three >>> different time zones, and each meeting will last two hours. Feel free to >>> sign up for the meeting that is most comfortable for you! >>> >>> Focus group meetings will be held on Google Meet on the days and times >>> listed below: >>> >>> 1 October 2021, 7:30 - 9:30 UTC >>> >>> 15 October 2021, 15:00 - 17:00 UTC >>> >>> 22 October 2021, 19:00 - 21:00 UTC >>> >>> Please feel free to encourage more members of your community or other >>> wikifriends to reach out to us if you believe that this project will be of >>> interest to them. >>> >>> Do let us know if you are available to participate in one of those >>> meetings listed above and we will send out calendar invites to you. If >>> you are interested, but are unavailable in the time slots listed above, >>> let us know and we will look for ways to connect. >>> >>> Please be aware that Trust & Safety will also reach out soon with a >>> similar offer to talk about training around the UCoC. Feel free to >>> concentrate on the issue that is most important to you, but of course you >>> are also very welcome to take part in both discussions. We are aware that >>> capacity is limited and will highly value any kind of participation! >>> >>> Looking forward to hearing from you, >>> >>> Christel Steigenberger (she/her) >>> >>> Senior Trust and Safety Specialist >>> >>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >>> >>> ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, 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/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/WXYPYXFXEZ3QV6E2LN2IKWN3M3INFJIG/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
