Where can I find the Zoom link? On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 11:24 PM Maggie Dennis <mden...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello, all. > > First, I’m sorry for not doing a better job introducing myself last time. > (I was told I should have done that.) I am Maggie Dennis. Currently I am > the Vice President of Community Resilience & Sustainability under the > General Counsel of the Foundation. I’ve been with the Foundation for 9 > years in various roles, but always connected to the group who now conduct > Trust & Safety in one form or another. I am also a volunteer, > Moonriddengirl, primarily on English Wikipedia, although I am so much > diminished in my volunteering that it embarrasses me to point it out. > > This office hour is still scheduled for 18:00 UTC June 4th. I will be on > camera, and it will be livestreamed here: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGRXVx5EeCk > > We will post notes from the meeting, with the identity of question-askers > anonymized, afterward. Questions can be submitted on Telegram [1], on IRC > [2] or in the YouTube Chat or by email in advance to answ...@wikimedia.org > (To make sure they are presented during this meeting, please use “Trust & > Safety” as the subject line.) > > I want to invite people to join me in the Zoom call itself as well. I’d > much rather be talking to people than nervously answering anonymous > questions. Since I’m told that there are security issues with publishing > the link, we’ll be sharing the link with interested individuals as the > meeting begins. If you want the link to get in, please ask for it at > answ...@wikimedia.org, at least an hour in advance of the meeting’s start > (again, with “Trust & Safety” as the subject line). The link will be sent > out via email during the hour before the meeting. > > If you are in Zoom, of course, and on camera or speaking out loud, people > who watch the stream will see you, so if you prefer more anonymity Telegram > or IRC may be more comfortable for you. > > Best, > > Maggie [3] > > > P.S. NewYorkBrad, colon added. :D 18:00. I was typing it the way my dad > always said it out loud. That said, I get stagefright and thus wouldn't be > at all unhappy to have finished this over 200 years ago. :) > > [1] https://t.me/joinchat/DOlGIB1FRLUWqW9iB3qfTQ > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#How_to_participate > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mdennis_(WMF) > > On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 7:59 AM Maggie Dennis <mden...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Hello, all. > > > > With the Board’s recent statement, this seems like a good time to launch > > the quarterly office hours I’ve been wanting to create for people who > want > > to talk to me about issues involving “community resilience and > > sustainability,” including the work of Trust & Safety, whom I oversee. > > (after months of wanting to do this I’ve come to realize that I will > always > > be "too busy" to feel like it's the perfect time for this. So I’m going > to > > do it now anyway!) > > > > There’ve been requests to make office hours more personal, so I will host > > a Zoom hangout where people can join me, but I'll also take questions > from > > Telegram and IRC.[1] I know that finding an hour that works for everybody > > is not going to happen, and I know from past office hours I’ve been > > involved in that I may get far more questions than I can answer (or, > > contrarily, nothing at all :)). Nevertheless, I will do my best to answer > > questions posed to me in that hour by Wikimedians in good standing (not > > Foundation or community banned) and to follow up in writing with any I > > don’t have time for over the next few days or week or so, time allowing. > I > > might aggregate similar questions into a kind of FAQ. We’ll publish > notes, > > anonymizing those who’ve asked questions, after. > > > > I do, however, have the following caveats: > > > > - > > > > I can’t and won’t discuss specific Trust & Safety cases. Instead, I > > can discuss Trust & Safety protocols and practices and approaches as > well > > as some of the mistakes we’ve made, some of the things I’m proud of, > and > > some of the things we’re hoping to do. > > - > > > > I will not respond to comments or questions that are disrespectful to > > me, to my colleagues, or to anyone in our communities. I can talk > civilly > > about our work even if you disagree with me or I disagree with you. I > won’t > > compromise on this. > > > > > > I’m not sure if I will stick with Zoom as the way I do office hours > > forever, but I am responding to some requests for spoken interaction > while > > also trying to provide text options for those who prefer. I admit to > being > > a little camera shy myself, so this is a challenge for me! If I embarrass > > myself too badly, I may retreat to the safety of text in future. > > > > I was hoping to have the Zoom link already, but while that’s being > > expedited by our office technology team, I don’t have it yet. I wanted to > > give interested people notice as soon as I knew the time. I’ll follow up > > with links again at least two hours in advance. > > > > The meeting will be on June 4th at 1800 UTC. > > > > I hope to see you there. > > > > Best, > > > > Maggie > > > > [1] Zoom link; Telegram link: > https://t.me/joinchat/DOlGIB1FRLUWqW9iB3qfTQ; > > directions for participating in IRC: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#How_to_participate > > > > -- > > Maggie Dennis > > Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability > > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > > > > -- > Maggie Dennis > Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > _______________________________________________ > 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 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>
