Indeed. This too considering that Wikimedia Foundation have identified transparency as one of their core values. While the document containing this is quite clear that this is for the Foundation itself and not for the movement as a whole, one would expect chapter organisations to operate in the same vein - and certainly not to act contrary to it as WMAU appears to be doing.

As an earlier contributor to this thread noted, I have no idea why my membership application has been declined - I have been very reasonable in my requests to find out why, but have been met with a wall of silence. It's unfortunate that I should have to resort to compliance measures with an organisation I once ably served as both a secretary and an international delegate over several years, and with which, despite being uninvolved for some time, I have never had any dispute or falling-out.

Kindest regards

Andrew

On Tue, 30 May 2023, 01:07 , <chris.sherlock79@gmail.com> wrote:

One thing further I would like to point out. Increasingly I have been getting private emails advising me that those who wish to understand who or why a decision has been made by the Committee is a form of stalking, and against the UCoC.

I think it is very concerning that an excellent initiative such as this is being weaponised to prevent reasonable requests about decisions made by the WMAU Committee. It would mean, for instance, that asking for your private information and any correspondence about decision made about yourself might be seen as a form of harassment. The irony is that decisions made about existing members or people attempting to gain membership of the WMAU is being kept complete opaque and preventing any right of reply against adverse commentary against those people. It means that the Committee who directly reviews these things have no accountability.

I am increasingly concerned there is a culture of exclusivity and discrimination within the WMAU committee. In fact, it might be interesting if a privacy request was indeed sent to find out about what is being said, per the Australian citizens legal right.

I also raise as a concern that the committee is unwilling to respond in writing in a timely manner to these requests. What does seem to be happening is they want private phone calls to provide responses, thus leaving no record of decision making.

Chris
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