If you folks seriously think that we weren’t being “accountable”, then I have serious doubts about how this process will remain sustainable.
I’m sorry, but this process has been exceedingly demotivating for everyone involved. I’ve been trying to keep myself composed throughout the entire process, but at this point I simply cannot.
I will gladly admit that we’ve made mistakes, us more than others. Every organization does. But I will not allow the work that I’ve dedicated over a decade of my life to be thrown out the window because we weren’t “accountable”. To the best of our ability, we WERE accountable to our community and to the movement. And I, frankly, feet that we were as accountable as we could’ve been.
You may all want to know why I’ve been silent through this entire process. It’s because I cannot, and I still cannot, process the grief this entire process has brought upon Wikimedia Philippines, and especially myself. I will try to be optimistic about the future, as people have been telling me to do, but at this point in time, at least have some respect for the work that we’ve done over the last six years. That’s really all I’m asking for at this point.
Thanks,
Josh
On Apr 23, 2017, at 9:41 PM, James Heilman jmh649@gmail.com wrote:
I second Itzik's comments. We need some degree of accountability. Hopefully this will encourage groups in the Philippines to become more active again.
James
On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 2:14 AM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <itzik@wikimedia.org.il mailto:itzik@wikimedia.org.il> wrote: Thank you Maor for the update.
We usually love to see our movement expend and welcome recognition of new organizations, but I strongly believe that we continuously need to check and evaluate our current organizations.
Our brand, name and reputation are part of our core assets - and while it's not an easy step, I appreciate Affcom efforts not only to recognize new ones but also to de-recognize organizations that are not longer active or non-compliance with our movement requirements.
Few weeks ago in Berlin we had a first meeting to start discuses what is a "movement accountability" and how we evaluate organizations who operate outside of the FDC process and I believe Affcom have a significant part in it.
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On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 9:49 PM, Maor Malul <maor_x@zoho.com mailto:maor_x@zoho.com> wrote:
Dear all,
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*Recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate - a chapter, thematic organization, or user group - allows an independent group to officially use the Wikimedia name to further the Wikimedia mission, with certain duties and responsibilities. While most Wikimedia affiliates adhere to the basic compliance standards set forth in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation, a protocol has been developed to address the exceptional cases when a Wikimedia affiliate does not meet minimum compliance standards and their continued recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate presents a risk to the Wikimedia movement.*
On September 9, 2016, Wikimedia Philippines was notified of their suspension as a Wikimedia affiliate due to long standing and serious governance issues, as well as non-compliance with reporting requirements which go as back as 2014, has been sent multiple warnings regarding them, and on the date mentioned above, was provided with an explicit list of tasks and deadlines in order to return to compliance with their chapter agreement. The chapter failed to complete these tasks by the deadline of November 28, 2016, and was consequently notified that they would no longer be recognized as a Wikimedia chapter after the termination of their Chapter Agreement on March 1, 2017. It is important to make clear that the Affiliations Committee will continue to support other organized Wikimedia communities and their activities in the Philippines.
If you have questions about what this means for the community members in their region or language areas, we have put together a very basic FAQ, which may be found at<https://meta.wikimedia.org/ https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliate_de-recognition_FAQ>https:/ /meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/ Affiliate_derecognition_FAQ.*
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