On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Christine Moellenberndt cmoellenberndt@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
Yes, there are some changes happening. We announced it to the OTRS volunteers as they are the first to be directly impacted by this change. Part of being an OTRS volunteer is the agreement that they would be willing to provide identification to the Foundation if requested. I understand the frustration here, but Board policy says that those with access to non-public data must ID to the Foundation, OTRS volunteers have served with the understanding that they agree to ID if asked, we're now asking them to do so. We are working with the OTRS volunteers to find the safest way to do so, that will comply with the Board but will also provide safety and security to the community.
-Christine and the vacationing Philippe
Christine Moellenberndt Community Associate Wikimedia Foundation
christine@wikimedia.org
My issue is that I've already identified, verified, ok'd, and it seems, that's not nough anymore, now WMF wants to keep a permanent record of who am I, with the possible implications of it.