On the contrary, I do not think this is an imposition by the Board or WMF as we are allowed to comment on the draft, and suggest improvement.
I have been following the process closely and I do not see anything that looks like an "imposition" The Universal Code of Conduct is not a substitute to the existing policy or guidelines but a behavioural guidelines expected of users in any Wikimedia project. Regards Isaac On Tue, 8 Sep 2020, 16:11 Dan Szymborski, <dszymbor...@gmail.com> wrote: > As this is being explicitly imposed by the board from above without > community approval, participating in any way is ethically unsound. Doubly > so without a board election preceding this as the WMF has arbitrarily > denied communities the right, as manifested in the election of the > community seats, to voice their opinions of actions that WMF has taken over > the last 18 months. A collaborative process is a collaborative process when > it's actually a collaborative process, not just when it's called one. > > The best use of time at this point is to organize the communities to use > every means at its disposal to resist such an imposition. > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 4:18 PM Patrick Earley <pear...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Hello, everyone. > > > > We are excited to share a draft of the Universal Code of Conduct > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct>, which the > > Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees called for earlier this year > > < > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/May_2020_-_Board_of_Trustees_on_Healthy_Community_Culture,_Inclusivity,_and_Safe_Spaces > > >, > > for your review and feedback. The discussion will be open until October > 6, > > 2020. > > > > The UCoC Drafting Committee > > < > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee > > >wants > > to learn which parts of the draft would present challenges for you or > your > > work. What is missing from this draft? What do you like, and what could > be > > improved? > > > > > > Many thanks to the Committee, and everyone who has helped with > translations > > so far. > > > > > > Please join the conversation > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Draft_review> > > and share this email with others who may be interested to join, too. > > > > 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 FAQ > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/FAQ>, on > Meta. > > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct > > > > [2] > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/May_2020_-_Board_of_Trustees_on_Healthy_Community_Culture,_Inclusivity,_and_Safe_Spaces > > > > [3] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Draft_review > > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/FAQ > > > > -- > > Patrick Earley > > Policy Manager, Trust and Safety > > Wikimedia Foundation > > pear...@wikimedia.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 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>
