Hello,
Have you considered asking the Affiliation Committee about what you have
been reporting?
Paulo
On Tue, May 30, 2023, 09:03 Andrew Owens <orderinchaos78(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Indeed. This too considering that Wikimedia Foundation
have identified
transparency as one of their core values. While the document containing
this is quite clear that this is for the Foundation itself and not for the
movement as a whole, one would expect chapter organisations to operate in
the same vein - and certainly not to act contrary to it as WMAU appears to
be doing.
As an earlier contributor to this thread noted, I have no idea why my
membership application has been declined - I have been very reasonable in
my requests to find out why, but have been met with a wall of silence. It's
unfortunate that I should have to resort to compliance measures with an
organisation I once ably served as both a secretary and an international
delegate over several years, and with which, despite being uninvolved for
some time, I have never had any dispute or falling-out.
Kindest regards
Andrew
On Tue, 30 May 2023, 01:07 , <chris.sherlock79(a)gmail.com> wrote:
One thing further I would like to point out.
Increasingly I have been
getting private emails advising me that those who wish to understand who or
why a decision has been made by the Committee is a form of stalking, and
against the UCoC.
I think it is very concerning that an excellent initiative such as this
is being weaponised to prevent reasonable requests about decisions made by
the WMAU Committee. It would mean, for instance, that asking for your
private information and any correspondence about decision made about
yourself might be seen as a form of harassment. The irony is that decisions
made about existing members or people attempting to gain membership of the
WMAU is being kept complete opaque and preventing any right of reply
against adverse commentary against those people. It means that the
Committee who directly reviews these things have no accountability.
I am increasingly concerned there is a culture of exclusivity and
discrimination within the WMAU committee. In fact, it might be interesting
if a privacy request was indeed sent to find out about what is being said,
per the Australian citizens legal right.
I also raise as a concern that the committee is unwilling to respond in
writing in a timely manner to these requests. What does seem to be
happening is they want private phone calls to provide responses, thus
leaving no record of decision making.
Chris
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