Il giorno ven 20 lug 2018 alle ore 10:23 Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org ha scritto:
As part of this conversation, both here online and offline, I seem to hear several people who are unhappy with how the policy is implemented. Let us also recognize that it is important to have a friendly space - and that this is a Hard Thing to accomplish. Agreeing or disagreeing in public with a decision while only having part of the information can only make that job harder and/or harm individuals.
If you have beef with the policy and how it is implemented, I suggest that you try to set up a meetup with the Trust & Safety team, and you can have a conversation with them about the broader policy. They can perhaps share some rough broader statistics as part of that. Otherwise, it is probably more appropriate to have this online discussion after the conference has concluded, based on the policy and practices as a whole, and not an individual case.
First of all, I apologise for my first message, because I misunderstood Romaine's announcement: I thought it was a voluntary step down, not a *request* for it.
This all the more saddens me, as I have worked briefly with Romaine as voluntary on the first day of Wikimania 2016, and I had the opportunity of seeing first-hand how dedicated and sweet and full of joy and energy as a volunteer he might be.
Even if I agree with Lodewijk this is not the place to "overrun" the decision of the T&S Team, or discuss/amend/whatever Wikimania's Safe Space Policy, I'd like to get my message considered as a public display of thankfulness and appreciation for Romaine's work throughout the years, not as an explicit critic to anyone - but to be fully honest, I'm quite puzzled by the decision nonetheless.
Cheers,