Hello,
The wikimedians from the Phillippines that attended the WMCON are /not
/members of WMPH but of PhilWiki Community [1], which is a completely
different Wikimedia affiliate.
If you read the original e-mail sent, the governance issues started to
appear in 2014, and the chapter was notified back then. More issues
accumulated over the time, and a solution was indeed searched for. Please
elaborate on what "substantive discussion, consultation or investigation"
means.
1:
It appears to me as this discussion has caused
some confusion and it
should be clarified as I know that the Philippines had two members at the
recent Wikimedia Conference in Berlin arent there reporting requirements
attached to eligibility requirements. They are also part of the group
organising the ESEA conference in February 2018 along with a number of
other affiliates in the region. Those of us who have committed people, time
and other resources need some clarity as well
While there appears to be some confusion here, Affcom and WMF should at
least take some time to clarify the issues especially given its currently
2am in San Francisco and it was only 9pm when Joshes email was sent. To me
it appears as if no substantive discussion, consultation or investigation
of Joshes claims could have taken place to warrant such a harsh response so
quickly.
On 25 April 2017 at 16:05, Maor Malul <maor_x(a)zoho.com <mailto:
maor_x(a)zoho.com>> wrote:
Hello Josh,
The WMF and the AffCom have decided not to disclose further
details of the very serious governance issues in order not to hurt
the movement and the reputation of the people involved. Please,
avoid misleading and adding drama to this situation -which is
already difficult, and damages the movement as a whole. WMPH was
given very specific recommendations of what do and what not to do,
but decided to go its own way.
M.
El 25/04/2017 a las 06:17 a.m., Josh Lim escribió:
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(a)gmail.com <mailto:jmh649@gmail.com>
<mailto:jmh649@gmail.com <mailto: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(a)wikimedia.org.il
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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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Dear all,
*
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*Recognition as a Wikimedia affiliate - a chapter,
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or user group - allows an independent group to
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certain
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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.*
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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.
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members in
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together
a very
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wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliate_de-recognition_FAQ>https:/
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