I'm confused about why WMF is in charge of these
issues at events instead
of the local organizers
I'm not sure if saying that the Foundation is in charge of safe space at
local events is accurate; I see it as a shared responsibility between the
Foundation and local organizers, and participants as well.
As an organizer of several events in the US space, having the Foundation's
involvement is valuable. As is clear from this thread, managing the safety
of an event isn't an easy task, and so many different situations can arise.
Organizers might not always fully have the needed experience and capacity
to deal with these issues, and even if they do, it can be helpful to have
the Foundation's personnel and prior experience.
There is also the importance of tracking incidents across spaces i.e. if an
incident occurs at one event, being able to ensure the incident does not
continue (or similar incidents do not occur) at future events is important
- and the Foundation is in a good position to be able to facilitate that.
Thanks,
Kevin Payravi
SuperHamster
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018, 2:08 PM Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks, James. I think that "clarifying the
distinction between friendly
spaces situations and Trust & Safety issues" is a good idea.
A specific suggestion that was made earlier in this thread which sounded
like a good idea to me was to have an indicator, somewhat like we currently
do for "Photos OK" or "Photos not OK", for "friendly touch
OK" or "friendly
touch not OK".
I would also like to see the upcoming review of the relevant policies
include discussions of who should be responsible for them (I'm confused
about why WMF is in charge of these issues at events instead of the local
organizers) and the level of transparency regarding reports and
investigations.
Thanks for your attention to these issues.
Pine
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https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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