Regarding my previous email (in which I may have inadvertently contradicted
Mike!), please defer to his views on this over mine.
Richard
On 10 January 2012 21:16, Michael Peel <michael.peel(a)wikimedia.org.uk>wrote;wrote:
Hi all,
As a WMUK trustee, I'm finding this whole issue to be a serious dilemma.
I'm deeply committed to the 'open to all to participate and contribute'
philosophy for all of our activities, and find it very saddening that the
WMUK board has been put in the position where we have to ban someone from
the events we support in order for others to be able to attend them without
having to be concerned about their privacy. I don't think this needs
saying, but I'll say it anyway to make it absolutely clear: this was not an
easy decision, nor was it a rushed one (or a 'panic measure' as was earlier
suggested). A lot of thought and discussion went into this (and sadly, that
thought and discussion would have otherwise been invested in our charitable
activities).
As one of the moderators of this list, I am very reticent to block Edward
from posting here, so long as Edward's posts remain civil, logical, and
without malice. This is a public mailing list, so there are no privacy
concerns here. If you don't want to engage in this discussion, then please
simply don't reply to it.
In terms of the appeal procedure: if privacy concerns allow, then I would
much prefer that if such a process takes place, that it takes place in
public - either on this list or on the WMUK wiki (although Edward is banned
from editing most of the WMUK wiki, he is not blocked from his user talk
page so an appeal could take place there). If it can't be public due to
those privacy concerns, then I would prefer if an uninvolved, neutral
community member would step forward to be the adjudicator, to avoid any
suggestion of prejudice.
Thanks,
Mike
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