"It also concerns me that the WMF were *not* aware of Community & affiliate
norms in this field - what level of oversight of affiliate governance is
occurring that there being significant affiliates with provisions like this
not be known?"
This is a question I would really like to be answered. For way more than a
decade, the WMF Board maintains a committee precisely to deal with those
issues - first ChapCom, now AffCom. How come this disconnection is
happening between the Board, and their own committee?
P.
<nosebagbear(a)gmail.com> escreveu no dia sexta, 25/06/2021 à(s) 18:19:
Hi Amanda, [Apologies if accidental double-post]
"Moving forward, we will
articulate and follow the best practices that emerge from these important
discussions and
our corresponding review of the attendant policies, procedures, and
practices."
That would be a reasonable statement if this were a more marginally
concerning action - something that promoted some concerns, and pointed to
potential greater future issues if not resolved.
However this indicates the WMF is willing to accept that an error was
made, but not actually vitiate that error. It also concerns me that the WMF
were *not* aware of Community & affiliate norms in this field - what level
of oversight of affiliate governance is occurring that there being
significant affiliates with provisions like this not be known?
Like functionally the entire participant list of the email thread to date,
I don't think there was any absence of good faith from key actors. But nor
do I think it's "merely" (and it's a very big "merely"
indeed) an optics
complaint. There are genuine accidental COI issues that arise, as well as
the instance raising genuine concerns at the decision-making and awareness
of community values that anyone operating in such a significant consulting
role in the most critical field of discussions the movement has had in a
decade.
Yours,
Nosebagbear
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