Congrats to everyone (and I'm talking about 50+ people here) who helped to make this possible!
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 at 15:00, Dan Garry (Deskana) <djgw...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's so great to see the Universal Code of Conduct come to fruition. As a > movement we were severly lagging behind others in adopting a code of > conduct, and I'm glad to see we've reached parity. This is a step in the > right direction. > > Dan > > On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 at 11:59, 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> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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> >
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