Excellent! My brother in Chile sent me a news story about this, so... word is already getting around. Thank you Maria + all who worked on this. S
On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 6:59 AM María Sefidari <ma...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I’m pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees has unanimously > approved a Universal Code of Conduct for the Wikimedia projects and > movement.[1] A Universal Code of Conduct was one of the final > recommendations of the Movement Strategy 2030 process - a multi-year, > participatory community effort to define the future of our movement. The > final Universal Code of Conduct seeks to address disparities in conduct > policies across our hundreds of projects and communities, by creating a > binding minimum set of standards for conduct on the Wikimedia projects that > directly address many of the challenges that contributors face. > > The Board is deeply grateful to the communities who have grappled with > these challenging topics. Over the past six months, communities around the > world have participated in conversations and consultations to help build > this code collectively, including local discussions in 19 languages, > surveys, discussions on Meta, and policy drafting by a committee of > volunteers and staff. The document presented to us reflects a significant > investment of time and effort by many of you, and especially by the joint > staff/volunteer committee who created the base draft after reviewing input > collected from community outreach efforts. We also appreciate the > dedication of the Foundation, and its Trust & Safety policy team, in > getting us to this phase. > > This was the first phase of our Universal Code of Conduct - from here, the > Trust & Safety team will begin consultations on how best to enforce this > code. In the coming weeks, they will follow-up with more instructions on > how you can participate in discussions around enforcing the new code. Over > the next few months, they will be facilitating consultation discussions in > many local languages, with our affiliates, and on Meta to support a new > volunteer/staff committee in drafting enforcement pathways. For more > information on the process, timeline, and how to participate in this next > phase, please review the Universal Code of Conduct page on Meta.[2] > > The Universal Code of Conduct represents an essential step towards our > vision of a world in which all people can participate in the sum of all > knowledge. Together, we have built something extraordinary. Today, we > celebrate this milestone in making our movement a safer space for > contribution for all. > > On behalf of the Board of Trustees, > > María Sefidari > Board Chair > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Draft_review > > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct > > _______________________________________________ > 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> > -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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