<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><br></div><div>On Oct 7, 2011, at 7:49 AM, Sandra ordonez <<a href="mailto:sandratordonez@gmail.com">sandratordonez@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Essentially, that someone has gotten a leadership position in the D.C. chapter who has been banned from editing Wikipedia for year for things like harassing people, disruptive behavior, and editing problems like copyright violations.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>We, the DC chapter, recognize and are discussing these concerns from you and others. </div><div><br></div><div>Essentially we had no minimum voting requirements (we're changing our bylaws to fix this) and a shortage of candidates which allowed essentially anyone to be elected. (Personally I am not happy about that) </div><div><br></div><div>We <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.289062); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.222656); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.222656); ">welcome your voice to discuss this or any concerns on our internal list, which is public and open to all:</span></div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wikidc-internal@googlegroups.com">wikidc-internal@googlegroups.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Katie</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<br>Isn't the next Wikimania in D.C.? This sends out a horrible message to people if its true - definitely not one of empowerment. this is a pretty hardcore problem. If this is this the case, then i suggest that as a group, we try to draw attention to this issue, or the location for Wikimania be changed. Not only is this F-ed up for internal people, but I can't imagine a reporter not jumping on this story. Obviously, this sends out a horrible message to women everywhere including, in my opinion, giving the impression that there are no repercussions for bad behavior.<br>
<br>Seriously f-ed up. <br><br> <br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Béria Lima <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beria.lima@wikimedia.pt"><a href="mailto:beria.lima@wikimedia.pt">beria.lima@wikimedia.pt</a></a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Sandra, can you provide more info? Like, what the buzz says, where you saw and so on... That might make the job easier to WMDC members to answer it ;)<br clear="all">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On 7 October 2011 02:49, Sandra ordonez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sandratordonez@gmail.com" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:sandratordonez@gmail.com">sandratordonez@gmail.com</a></a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
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sooo, i've heard some buzz about what is going on in the d.c. chapter, and I've been thinking of writing a post about it, bc frankly if the buzz is accurate, i'm a little disappointed. Does anyone know what is going on there? Thought this might be a good place to ask before I open my big mouth. <br>
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