Hi Maggie, what's happening with the Ombudsman Commission scope RFC?
Thanks,
Pine
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:04:09 -0800 From: Maggie Dennis mdennis@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, Functionaries email list for the English Wikipedia functionaries-en@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Ombudsman Commission applications Message-ID: CAMuth1y1GkyU4ZxK8XzJc-HkpXLVM+T+0j9oy3wRtwU5FM1_KQ@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Hi
It's coming close to time for annual appointments of community members to serve on the Ombudsman commission. This commission works on all Wikimedia projects to investigate complaints about violations of the privacy policy, especially in use of CheckUser tools, and to mediate between the complaining party and the individual whose work is being investigated. They may also assist the General Counsel, the Executive Director or the Board of Trustees in investigations of these issues. For more on their duties and roles, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission
This is a call for community members interested in volunteering for appointment to this commission. Commissioners should be experienced Wikimedians, active on any project, who have previously used the CheckUser tool OR who have the technical ability to understand the CheckUser tool and the willingness to learn it. They are expected to be able to engage neutrally in investigating these concerns and to know when to recuse when other roles and relationships may cause conflict. (In the past, commissioners have turned in other roles that could cause conflict.)
Commissioners are required to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation and must be willing to comply with the appropriate board policies (such as the access to non-public data policy and the privacy policy). This is a position that requires a high degree of discretion and trust.
If you are interested in serving on this commission, please drop me a note detailing your experience on the projects, your thoughts on the commission and what you hope to bring to the role. The commission is deliberately quite small, so slots are limited, but all applications are appreciated. The deadline for applications is January 1. Any timezone. :)
Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any users who you think may be interested.
Thank you!
Maggie
-- Maggie Dennis Senior Community Advocate Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Hi, Pine.
I'm afraid that I'm not in the loop as to where it is at the moment. The last I heard about it was in September, when it was to undergo legal review before being submitted to the Board. But I'll try to find out where it is right now. :)
Maggie
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:13 PM, ENWP Pine deyntestiss@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Maggie, what's happening with the Ombudsman Commission scope RFC?
Thanks,
Pine
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:04:09 -0800 From: Maggie Dennis mdennis@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, Functionaries email list for the English Wikipedia functionaries-en@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Ombudsman Commission applications Message-ID: <
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Hi
It's coming close to time for annual appointments of community members to serve on the Ombudsman commission. This commission works on all Wikimedia projects to investigate complaints about violations of the privacy policy, especially in use of CheckUser tools, and to mediate between the complaining party and the individual whose work is being investigated. They may also assist the General Counsel, the Executive Director or the Board of Trustees in investigations of these issues. For more on their duties and roles, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission
This is a call for community members interested in volunteering for appointment to this commission. Commissioners should be experienced Wikimedians, active on any project, who have previously used the CheckUser tool OR who have the technical ability to understand the CheckUser tool and the willingness to learn it. They are expected to be able to engage neutrally in investigating these concerns and to know when to recuse when other roles and relationships may cause conflict. (In the past, commissioners have turned in other roles that could cause
conflict.)
Commissioners are required to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation and must be willing to comply with the appropriate board policies (such as the access to non-public data policy and the privacy policy). This is a position that requires a high degree of discretion and trust.
If you are interested in serving on this commission, please drop me a note detailing your experience on the projects, your thoughts on the commission and what you hope to bring to the role. The commission is deliberately quite small, so slots are limited, but all applications are appreciated. The deadline for applications is January 1. Any timezone. :)
Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any users who you think may be interested.
Thank you!
Maggie
-- Maggie Dennis Senior Community Advocate Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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