Hi all,
while I have much sympathy for Romaine, and cannot comprehend the decision
with the available information, I do want to guard us to continue
discussing this further here. We (even Romaine) have only a limited part of
the information available to us. I trust that Romaine works with the very
best intentions, and also that the Trust & Safety team has the best
intentions in their implementation. I also trust that the team will make a
full evaluation after Wikimania is completed as their default practice.
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.
Just my two cents...
Lodewijk
On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 10:15 AM Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>
wrote:
On 19 July 2018 at 20:30, Romaine Wiki
<romaine.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
- People say I have been talking to loud
Please be aware I have a hearing problem and I do
hear myself
Because of these complaints, it was demanded to
step down as a volunteer
organiser for this year's Wikimania.
As someone with family members who are profoundly hard of hearing and
affected by tinnitus, I am sorry to learn that you have been
discriminated against in this way.
I hope that whoever is responsible for our safe spaces policy will
ensure that this does not happen to you - or anyone else - again.
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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