Small correction - my email is pear...@wikimedia.org, not pearley@wikimedia as posted. Apologies,
On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Patrick Earley <pear...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello all, > > As the end of the year approaches, the Ombudsman Committee seeks new > members. This commission works on all Wikimedia projects to investigate > complaints about violations of the privacy policy, especially in use of > CheckUser > tools [1], and to mediate between the complaining party and the > individual whose work is being investigated. They may also assist the > General Counsel, the Executive Director or the Board of Trustees in > investigations of these issues. For more on their duties and roles, see: > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission> > > > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission> > > - http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission > > > This is a call for community members interested in volunteering for this > commission. Commissioners should be experienced Wikimedians, active on any > project, who have previously used the CheckUser tool OR who have the > technical ability to understand the CheckUser tool and the willingness to > learn it. They are expected to be able to engage neutrally in investigating > these concerns and to know when to recuse when other roles and > relationships may cause conflict. It is important that volunteers for this > role commit to being active in their work on this commission, including > participating in email discussions and, ideally, occasional virtual > meetings. > > Commissioners are required to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation and > must be willing to comply with the appropriate board policies (such as the > access > to non-public data policy [2] and the privacy policy [3]). This is a > position that requires a high degree of discretion and trust. > > If you are interested in serving on this commission, please drop me a note > at pearley@wikimedia detailing your experience on the projects, your > thoughts on the commission and what you hope to bring to the role. The > commission is deliberately quite small, so slots are limited, but all > applications are appreciated. The deadline for applications is January 1. > Any timezone. :) > > Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any users who you think > may be interested. Best regards, > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CheckUser_policy > [2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Access_to_nonpublic_data_policy > [3] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy > > > > -- > Patrick Earley > Community Advocate > Wikimedia Foundation > pear...@wikimedia.org > -- Patrick Earley Community Advocate Wikimedia Foundation pear...@wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
