Dear Christel, Thanks for the update. I like to conga the new committee and wish the best.
Best Regards, Rajeeb. (U: Marajozkee) (Sent from my iPhone pardon the brevity) > On 31-Jul-2020, at 1:11 AM, Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshaba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Christel, > > Congratulations. We will be following developments closely and wishing the > committee all the best. > > Kind regards, > Bobby Shabangu > >> On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 20:24, Peter Southwood <peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Christel, >> I wish the committee well, and success in coming up with a workable >> policy. This is fine as long as no assumption is made that these people >> represent the communities in any way other than for themselves. They may be >> fine people and may even have excellent ideas and skills suited to the >> task, but they are not our representatives, and we expect to be consulted >> regarding the results of this work. I understand that this may be your >> intention anyway, but we have seen too many fiascos resulting from a small >> group of people coming up with some proposal and WMF declaring this to be >> "movement policy" or something to that effect. >> Cheers, >> Peter >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On >> Behalf Of Christel Steigenberger >> Sent: 30 July 2020 19:49 >> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Subject: 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> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >> https://www.avg.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
