Where was the public RfC that these "700 individuals" participated in? The one I saw, which took place on Meta, was, again, a very firm "No".
Off-wiki backchanneling stuff doesn't count. Todd On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 9:18 AM Anders Wennersten <m...@anderswennersten.se> wrote: > The development of the Code of Conduct is part of the Strategy. The > strategy and this part was endorsed by some 700 individuals representing > more or less all parts of the Movement. And that group is the closest we > have seen resembling a government body of the movement. But as in a > democracy, even if the parliament is unanimous in a decision, it does > not mean all citizens, or even groups of citizens, agree. But is the > best way we know how to come to a decision. > > And how to implent it is still open, and will most likely involve all > parties being effected by it > > Anders > > Den 2020-07-31 kl. 16:28, skrev Todd Allen: > > Uh, guys? > > > > That was a firm "No" on any Universal Code of Conduct. There shouldn't > be a > > "drafting committee" for it, it was disapproved. > > > > Todd > > > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:49 AM Christel Steigenberger < > > csteigenber...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > >> 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]. 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