Hi everyone! The call for applicants for the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee is now open until 4 March 2022. Please see the below email for details (or here < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Call_for_applicants >).
Best, Brian Choo Facilitator for the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee Wikimedia Foundation On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 8:30 PM Brian Choo <bc...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians, > > In a nutshell: This is the second call for applications to volunteer for > the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee (hereafter Case Review > Committee, or CRC). The CRC will stand until the Universal Code of Conduct > escalation process pathways are defined and established. Text below > explains what the committee does and what is required of applicants. If it > resonates with you, please apply. Please forward this to any groups you > think appropriate! This call for applicants will be open until February > 25. (A translatable version of this announcement is on Meta at [1].) > > > * > > > In 2020, the Board of Trustees asked the Wikimedia Foundation to put > together an interim volunteer community review process to help support > Trust & Safety behavioral investigations by ensuring that there is a > functionary appeal process available for borderline cases.[2] For clarity, > this is to appeal cases handled by the Foundation’s professional Trust & > Safety staff. It is not to appeal governance decisions by community > administrators or governance bodies. > > > A permanent review process for Trust & Safety team cases will be created > later as part of the final stages of the Universal Code of Conduct, but > this quickly constituted interim Case Review Committee will be asked to > serve until it is functional. As of February 2022, the interim Case Review > Committee will serve until the end of the calendar year 2022, or when a > permanent process is ready to supersede it. This is a critical layer of > oversight to ensure that Foundation actions are fair and unbiased and that > the Foundation doesn’t step in where it is not necessary to do so. > > > We are looking for functionaries and experienced volunteers with an > interest in joining this group. If the work resonates and you qualify, > please apply. > > > > There is a page on Meta with more information about how the CRC works.[3] > In brief, it reviews the case files of qualifying Trust & Safety > investigations that are appealed either by the person who requested the T&S > investigation or by a person sanctioned as a result of one. We anticipate > that, during active appeals, members may need to dedicate about 5 hours of > work a week reviewing case files. Since it began accepting appeals in > September 2021, however, the CRC has had a light workload.[4] > > > You will be asked to meet with the rest of the group on a quarterly basis > to discuss the committee itself and how it might be improved. In its first > year of operation, the CRC has provided feedback to Wikimedia Foundation > Trust & Safety on how it could improve some of its processes. > > > There are a few very specific requirements for those who are accepted. If > you are interested in applying, we ask that you first read the Committee > charter and decide if you are willing and able to abide by the conditions > of membership and if you meet the criteria outlined there.[3] If you then > want to apply, please write to le...@wikimedia.org using “Case Review > Committee” in your subject line. Please include your username, your > credentials, and a statement of what you hope to bring to the role. > Credentials in this case refers to community background - have you been an > administrator? A member of an arbitration committee? Where or when? What > experiences do you think have prepared you to do this well? Reference to > professional credentials will also be taken into account, but does require > legal identification so that it may be confirmed. Otherwise, we will only > be asking for legal identification from applicants who are finalists. > > > Unfortunately, English language fluency is a must. While we hope to get as > much linguistic diversity as possible, Trust & Safety’s case files are > lengthy documents written in complex English, and expedience and current > availability of resourcing does not make it possible to provide > translations for the interim process. > > > The CRC serves an important role in collaborations between Trust & Safety > staff and volunteers to help make sure we get the balance right in > protecting communities - both in supporting community members and > recognizing community autonomy. > > > *Please submit your application by the end of February 25, 2022.* > > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Call_for_applicants > > > [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/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Charter > > > [4] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trust_and_Safety/Case_Review_Committee/Monthly_reports > > > > > -- > Brian Choo > Facilitator for the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee > Wikimedia Foundation > -- *Brian Choo* IP and Litigation Case Specialist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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