On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Pete Forsyth
<peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:27 PM, Sarah
<slimvirgin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Sarah, the terms of use come from the
Foundation.
Sarah,
I know this is a tangent to what you're talking about, but I think it's an
important point. Last year's rewrite of the terms of use was guided by Foundation
staff, but in my view and that of many others was a model project for how to follow the
knowledge and wisdom that exists within our community. There was draft text from WMF
counsel, but in a two month+ period it was radically altered and expanded by a process led
by numerous volunteers and community members. WMF staff provided legal expertise, but went
out of itse way to express that the knowledge of how to align the TOU with the
movement's goals resided primarily within the community, and created a space in which
that could be explored and articulated.
While it does not do much to address concerns about gender, I believe that the TOU
rewrite was a big success, both in terms of modeling how the volunteer community can lead
and WMF can facilitate and play a support role; and also in terms of the quality of the
final document.
Of course, these documents can be rewritten, and I'm sure this one will be rewritten
in a few years. Before that, though, will be a rewrite of the Privacy Policy, which
actually may be a more suitable document for some of these concerns. I encourage everyone
on this list to participate when the time comes for that, which I think will be a matter
of weeks or months.
Pete
[[User:Peteforsyth]]
Thanks, Pete, that's helpful. Would you mind pinging us when the privacy policy
discussions begin? I'm sure there will be lots of notifications, but it's really
easy to miss the significance of these things.
Sarah
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