New subject: The other side of the crisis at WMFR

19 Oct 2017

      I think it very clear that these allegations were the last gasp of an
ancient regime, mired as it was in nepotism and other unsavoury practices.
The criminal allegations can be left to the police.  The description of the
steps taken by the WMF in this case seems to be of a very sensible
handlingerie of a difficult situation.
On 20 Oct 2017 12:22 am, "Emeric VALLESPI" emeric.vallespi@gmail.com
wrote:
Katherine,
Your answer is particularly shocking. Which right has the Foundation to
feel legitimate in order to describe the situation experienced by Nathalie
Martin or by other people? Only a judge can.
The movement organization does not take precedence over the laws of the
countries.
You rely on a single document (a letter) to judge that there is no moral or
sexual harassment?
What about the criminal complaint? And the medical leaves? And the
testimonies attached to the complaint? These other elements were not taken
into account, why?
The Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation ridiculed himself in the press [0]
when he said that he had discovered yesterday the reproaches that were
addressed to him as well as the complaint. His lawyer even tried to make it
appear that the complaint had never been filed.
Even though this whole situation has been known by the Wikimedia Foundation
for months!
Mockery reaches its top with your so-called measures. In case you do not
know Katherine, in France independent lawyers do not exist. Judges are
independent, not lawyers.
The lawyers you have appointed have been paid by the Foundation. They
*only* interviewed the defendant. In these conditions, how could the
outcome not be favorable to his version?
You did not answer any of my previous questions:
Why did not the Wikimedia Foundation hear Nathalie Martin at her request?
Just to have her version of the facts, it would have been - maybe ... - a
good idea.
Why did the experts who were supposed to conduct an adversarial
investigation not discussed with Nathalie or Marie-Alice? Would not that
have been the least of the things? Why did not they hear the board of
trustees’ member? Why did you refuse to organize, as you (or your
representatives) were offered, a confrontation between
complainant/defendant?
Why fear so much to hear the version of Nathalie?
You have witnessed what Marie-Alice and Nathalie have experienced with
social media as well as on the mailing-list you're hosting. You've done
absolutely nothing to protect them.
You're mentioning complaints that have been filed to the Support and Safety
committee, which has no legal existence in the real world (outside of the
movement). I am talking about real criminal complaints in a police station.
Whether you can compare the two shows your total unconsciousness.
Again, the role of the Wikimedia Foundation is not to determine whether the
current Chair is guilty or innocent. Nor whether the acts are sexual or
moral harassment.
Your role, as an organization, is, to a minimum, to hear the victims and to
ensure their protection. You have undertaken everything to mask this
situation in order to guarantee your tranquility. It is a shame for a
movement that wants to be humanistic.
Regards,
--
Emeric Vallespi
2017-10-19 23:19 GMT+02:00 Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org:
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Everyone,
The past six months have been a complex and troubling time for our
community in France. Let me be absolutely clear, with no confusion or
ambiguity, that the Wikimedia Foundation condemns harassment. We take all
harassment claims seriously, investigate them promptly, and take the
appropriate action to enforce our policies whenever necessary. My goal
here
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today is to provide more information about the actions of the Wikimedia
Foundation, the principles to which we adhere, and the situation in which
our movement finds itself.
As many of you know, there have been months of discussion within the
French
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Wikimedia community, independent committees and governance bodies, and the
Wikimedia Foundation about the governance and operations of Wikimédia
France. During this time, we have seen growing tensions between a number
of
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the former leaders of Wikimédia France and some members of the French
Wikimedia community. This situation created great strain on the French
community, former and current staff of Wikimédia France, and concerned
Wikimedia volunteers around the world. Much of this was documented by
community members[1] and in the press.[2] Over the past months the
Foundation has received formal and informal complaints alleging harassment
and other harmful behaviour, and we have enforced existing policies
whenever applicable.
Recently, an individual associated with our movement published an essay
about the events in France on the blogging site Medium and shared that
essay with this list. It contained a number of deeply concerning
allegations of harassment. Let me first address the most troubling claims
of the recent essay—those regarding the Foundation’s handling of
allegations against the Wikimedia Foundation’s current Board Chair.
In May of 2017 the Wikimedia Foundation was informed, in a letter and for
the first time, that the then-Executive Director of Wikimédia France was
alleging claims of harassment against the current Board Chair of the
Wikimedia Foundation, dating back to his tenure as former Chair of
Wikimédia France. In this letter the Executive Director described a number
of interactions with the Foundation’s Board Chair when he was Chair of
Wikimédia France, and went on to accuse him of using his position as
Foundation Board Chair to to turn the Wikimedia Foundation’s sentiment
against the French chapter.
Contrary to the assertion in the Medium essay, while the former Wikimédia
France Executive Director’s letter detailed tense and disagreeable
interactions between the two individuals, it did not characterize those
interactions as sexual harassment. Also contrary to the essay’s
assertions,
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the Wikimedia Foundation took immediate and appropriate action after
receiving the complaint.
The Wikimedia Foundation, under clear direction from our Board, responded
promptly:

We notified the Vice Chair and Board Governance Chair immediately

after receiving the then-Executive Director’s letter.

Under their direction and supervision, we promptly hired expert

French
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legal counsel to conduct an investigation on this issue.

The Foundation Board Chair was informed of the investigation and

recused from all relevant discussions. The Board Chair was also recused
   from any discussion regarding Wikimédia France and the French Wikimedia
   community, including any participation in funding decisions.

The investigation by the experts found that the French chapter’s

Executive Director’s detailed statements of facts, in addition to not
being
   characterized by her as sexual harassment, also did not support a
finding
   of sexual harassment.

Based on the information provided, French counsel also looked at

whether the allegations supported a finding of “moral” harassment,
   ultimately concluding that they did not.

The findings were conveyed to the then-chair of the board of

Wikimédia
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France. The chapter leadership was asked on more than one occasion if
it
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had any additional evidence or wished to further discuss the
conclusions.
   No additional information was provided.

Under these circumstances, the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation

found
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no merit to the charges.
*As has been repeatedly stated, the Foundation remains fully committed to
reviewing and investigating additional information, if presented, of
sexual
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or other harassment allegedly committed by any Wikimedia Foundation staff
or board member. We fully condemn harassment in the Wikimedia movement.*
The essay in Medium also references experiences of a number of former
Wikimédia France Board members who reportedly left their posts because of
alleged harassment from French Wikimedia community members. In the
majority
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of these cases, the Wikimedia Foundation has not received complaints and
has no further information about these allegations.
We are aware that some people working at the Foundation for some months
have received comments from a number of community members through informal
channels about alleged intra-community harassment. These included
complaints and allegations of harassment made against the former Wikimédia
France Executive Director and then-Board Chair by Wikimédia France staff
and community members, as well as counter-complaints from former Wikimédia
France board members against members of the French community. In each
instance of which we are aware, the individual raising the complaint was
directed to the Wikimedia Foundation’s Support and Safety team, which is
trained and equipped to independently investigate and assess these
matters,
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particularly where members of the larger Wikimedia community are
concerned.
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In total, the Foundation received roughly a dozen of these complaints.
Each
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of these complaints received by the Foundation was investigated and
responded to promptly, enforcing the relevant anti-harassment policies
whenever appropriate. In some cases, and when appropriate, our response
resulted in content (for example, content that identified Wikimedia
community members who guarded their anonymity) being removed from public
websites or the Foundation contacting users who posted inappropriate
material. In others, we found that while certain comments at times crossed
the lines of civility, the actions did not meet the threshold of sanction
under our policies or constitute intentional or sustained patterns of
harassment.
As a cumulative result of these complaints, the Wikimedia Foundation has
recommended to Wikimédia France that they take immediate steps to
implement
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a friendly space policy. At the chapter’s exceptional September general
assembly, the motion to develop and implement a friendly space policy
passed with overwhelming support, with 98% of the membership voting in
favor.[3] The Wikimedia Foundation has offered Wikimédia France our
assistance with this policy’s composition and implementation.
We are committed to working with the new Wikimédia France conseil
d’administration (governing board) to support the French community as they
work to address and resolve these and other outstanding issues. The
Wikimedia Foundation and the new leadership of Wikimédia France are
already
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cooperating to address the governance-related concerns raised by the
volunteer Funds Dissemination Committee in the first half of 2017. As part
of this work, we have encouraged them to review how they will
independently
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handle claims of harassment in the future. The Wikimedia Foundation and
Wikimédia France share a common goal: a healthy, welcoming, respectful,
inclusive Wikimedia community in France.
I know I am not alone in my dismay for how these events have unfolded.
Many
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dedicated, good-faith members of the French community, including current
community members and present and former Wikimédia France board and staff
members, have experienced distress and anxiety over recent months. Those
outside of the community have watched with dismay as our peers and friends
have found themselves disoriented, distressed, alienated, or at odds with
one another. And yet we also know that many in France now feel a renewed
sense of purpose for building the healthy and welcoming community we all
desire.
Situations such as the recent events in France provide us with an
opportunity to learn from the past in order to do better in the future. We
have seen this time and again in our communities, as organizations
(including the Wikimedia Foundation) have emerged from governance and
other
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challenges stronger, with deepened commitments to openness, collaboration,
and humility.
Today is another such opportunity.
Katherine
[1] https://www.mathisbenguigui.eu/wikimedia-timeline/
[2]
http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/09/11/vers-une-
sortie-de-crise-a-wikimedia-france_5184101_4408996.html
http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/rue89/rue89-nos-vies-
connectees/20170718.OBS2248/exclusions-menaces-budget-
recale-c-est-la-crise-chez-wikimedia-france.html
[3]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/
WMFR_AG_2017-09-09.pdf/page1-2550px-WMFR_AG_2017-09-09.pdf.jpg
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Caroline Becker carobecker54@gmail.com
wrote:
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Hi Emeric,
I am very pleased that you take mental health seriously. I remember, not
so
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long ago, that your actions while you were in Wikimedia France had
serious
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impact on the mental health of at least two of your members.
In January, someone had a meltdown just in front of you. Could you
remind
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us what you did after that ?
In April, you learnt that your actions as a chair caused me a medical
leave. What can the Foundation and the movement as a whole learn about
how
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you dealt with the situation ?
Warmly,
Caroline
2017-10-12 12:39 GMT+02:00 Emeric Vallespi emeric.vallespi@gmail.com:
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Dear Maria,
Dear all,
The Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees, the executive and the
legal
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management of the Wikimedia Foundation have been informed of Nathalie
Martin's complaint against her former employer now member of your
board,
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and then of the criminal complaint against this same person (facts
from
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his
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time in Wikimédia France and other from his time in your Board).
It would have been logical for a board of trustees member to gather
her
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testimony. No one has sought to make contact with her. Why?
At the very least, the Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees could
have
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requested a copy of the complaint, as well as the various testimonies,
so
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that they could study them and make their opinion. We had no
solicitation.
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Why?
From what I see, the Wikimedia Foundation has done everything to
stifle
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the problem. Here is the only initiative WMF has taken: paid
"independent
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lawyers" (a concept unknown to me…) to "question Christophe". He
responded,
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to the general surprise, that there was no problem.
Do you really feel that this is a serious investigation? Honestly?
Why did not these lawyers also hear Nathalie?
Why did these lawyers not ask questions to the Wikimédia France Board
of
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trustees members? Only with the testimony of the defendant himself,
the
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Wikimedia Foundation today states that there is no problem. ...
During the site visit, Nathalie proposed to the Wikimedia Foundation
representatives to organize a confrontation. Not only did she have a
flat
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denial, but, moreover, it was replied that it must not be addressed.
Why did the Wikimedia Foundation not accede to this request for
confrontation? Not to know the truth which can be too embarrassing to
assume?
We have a movement employee who brilliantly held management
responsibilities for 4 years (great longevity for an Executive
Director…)
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who asked for help. And what is the answer of the movement, of the
Wikimedia Foundation? Nothing. Nothing was undertaken to give her any
kind
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of listening or help.
Marie-Alice Mathis, who courageously expressed disapproval of the
sexist
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harassment of Nathalie, was also harassed by community members.
Nathalie
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and Marie-Alice suffered health damages and had medical leaves issued
by
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real general practitioners. The Wikimedia Foundation was informed and
what
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did you do? Nothing, or worst: two messages from your staff
legitimizing
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the harassment and one from a member of your board who publicly stated
against Wikimédia France without any prior contact with us.
What kind of help or support did you offer to Marie-Alice?
The outcome of the complaints is not even the issue at this stage and
this
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is not my point (I’m not a judge as you or other community member
think
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they are).
The real problem is that today a man in the movement, if he has power
position, can do absolutely everything he wants without any control.
The
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problem is, despite all the empty values you’re communicating on, you
legitimize whatever the community does. Because the community is the
measure of all things.
No objective process is foreseen to protect women (and more generally,
people) or at least to hear them.
Do you find this normal for a movement that advocates inclusiveness
and
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respect?
I’ve read an ardent defender of epicene style of writing who is
accusing
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of lying other women because of their private then public
declarations.
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Having no clue of what is in the procedure. Thank you for enlightening
me
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about true fight with feminism.
I’m glad that « We take all allegations of harassment seriously », but
I
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can not endorse this functioning which goes against legality and
simply
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against human values.
N.B: English is not my native language, may you be as tolerant of my
selected words or sentences construction as with harassing behavior.
Thanks
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for your understanding.
Regards,
Emeric Vallespi
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On 11 Oct 2017, at 19:54, María Sefidari kewlshrink@gmail.com
wrote:
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Dear all,
We would like to specifically address the allegations related to
harassment
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in this thread’s original email. We take all allegations of
harassment
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seriously. Earlier this year, the Board of Trustees was informed
that
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allegations of harassment had been made against the Wikimedia
Foundation
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Board Chair dating back to his time as chair of Wikimédia France. We
immediately directed the Foundation to investigate. The Foundation
employed
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independent, external experts and conducted an investigation. Based
on
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the
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information presented, the investigation found no support for the
allegations. That conclusion was conveyed to the Wikimedia
Foundation
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Board
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as well as the chair of Wikimédia France.
The Wikimedia Foundation remains committed to independent
investigation
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if
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presented with new information. Absent such information, we consider
the
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allegations to be without merit.
On behalf of the Board,
María Sefidari
El 8 oct. 2017 5:20, "John Erling Blad" jeblad@gmail.com escribió:
When I first saw the posts I thought it would probably be more
opinions
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to
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them than the very clear blame-game that were going on. Having a
partly
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anonymous community and a chapter that only represents some of the
users
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are an invitation to fierce battles.
Whatever going on at WMFR, I believe it is time for reevaluating the
role
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of WMF in this. I'm wondering if there should be a new board for
WMF,
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unless they get a new chair themselves asap. Reorganize, solve the
problems, and move on.
No, I do not know any of the people involved.
John Erling Blad
/jeblad
On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Marie-Alice Mathis <
mariealice.gariel@gmail.com> wrote:
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Hello all,
I haven’t had a real opportunity to introduce myself: I am
Marie-Alice
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Mathis, 32, a now ex-member of the Board of Wikimédia France.
The transition with the newly elected members of the Board is now
complete
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and I gladly step down to get away from the violence, exhaustion
and
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frustration of these past few months.
I was a Board candidate because after completing my PhD I finally
had
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more
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time to contribute to the projects and serve the community through
the
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French chapter: after watching my husband Rémi Mathis do it for
years
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I
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had
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a pretty good idea of what it meant. I did not know our ED Nathalie
Martin
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or our chair Émeric Vallespi before working with them, and now that
I
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have
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I can vouch for their hard work and attachment to the movement’s
values.
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Today, I have lost friends or people I thought were friends because
I
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defended Nathalie and Émeric in good faith during the smear
campaign
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based
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on the community’s assumption that they were the source and cause
of
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all
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the chapter’s problems, real or perceived. Although I have worked
with
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them
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closely for a year, I have been repeatedly informed that I’ve been
manipulated by Nathalie from the start and should not have blindly
believed
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everything Émeric was saying. I’ve been personally attacked on WMF
sites,
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email lists, and social media for weeks, my every word scrutinised,
questioned and mocked assuming I was either ignorant or lying. I’ve
been
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told by so-called feminists who were endorsing a particularly
sexist
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rant
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against me to “stop making inflammatory comments”. I’ve been called
a
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conspiracy theorist because I questioned the role of our former
chair
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Christophe Henner, now chair of the Board at the WMF, in the
threats
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to
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withdraw our chapter agreement and the cutting of half our FDC
funding.
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People close to Christophe who have resigned from the WMFR Board
early
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in
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the crisis rather than take responsibility for their mistakes now
call
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themselves victims and whistleblowers. The WMF, who is perfectly
aware
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of
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the charges of sexual harassment filed by Nathalie against
Christophe
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for
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facts dating back to when he was her boss at Wikimédia France, is
pretending WMFR leadership has used the threat of legal action to
intimidate chapter members and silence opposition.
Some unfounded allegations have been made on this very list by
prominent
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members of the community (and what is a newbie’s word worth in that
case,
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right?): from extremely serious accusations of misuse of chapter
funds
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for
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personal gain (that strangely enough never made it to the French
justice
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system despite a so-called “rather convincing rationale”), to
gratuitous
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ones that Nathalie was making the Board’s decisions for us and
dictating
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our communication (I am old enough to write my own emails, thank
you
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very
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much), to ever vague ones of “quite generous expenses
reimbursement“.
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None
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of this has been supported by proof or tangible facts, but the goal
of
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spreading distrust and dissent in the chapter and the wider
community
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has
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clearly been reached. Even now that Nathalie has left her position
and
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the
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Board has resigned, some are still defaming her in the French media
in
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the
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hopes of winning the stupid argument of who were the bad guys in
the
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crisis.
I am also extremely disappointed that no one from this list asked
us
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(the
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Board) what was happening when these allegations were made, with
only
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a
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handful of people suggesting to wait before all the facts were
known.
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Instead, you took for granted the very short and extremely biased
English
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summaries of the Board’s communications (which were instantly
circulated
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on
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this list without our consent and in violation of our chapter’s
bylaws),
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and joined in the chorus of outrage, condemnation and verbal abuse.
But worse to me than all this, I am actually terrified at how
easily
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the
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Wikimedia community can turn on a person, with no regard whatsoever
for
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decency or legality, when it has made up its mind about who has no
place
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there. I have personally experienced what it means to disagree with
this
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angry mob: questioning the dominant opinion or calling out
individuals’
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toxic behaviour makes you in turn acceptable collateral damage and
a
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“fair
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game” target for harassment.
Speaking of this, the movement as a whole needs to address the
issue
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of
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staff-volunteers relations exemplified by the rapid turnover of
executive
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staff across chapters. Nathalie stayed at WMFR an almost record
breaking 4
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years, but at what cost? I’m being extremely serious in adding that
this
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conversation needs to take place before something irreversible
happens
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as
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a
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result of harmful group behaviour within the community.
Sincerely,
Marie-Alice Mathis // AlienSpoon
PS: for your information about my position regarding the WMF’s role
in
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this
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crisis and their recent unilaterally added conditions [
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_expectations_for_
Wikimedia_France_-_2017-2018]
for payment of our FDC-attributed grant, I attach my email to Katy
Love
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from Sept 20.
Katy, (Cc WMFr Board and Rémi)
In the WMF "Grant expectations" document sent to the Board of WMFr,
you
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mention as a condition for APG funds payment that I do not resign
from
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my
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position on the Board until the governance review is complete, and
that
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any
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Board member planning to resign must report and justify it to WMF.
You also mention that you retain the right to cease funding WMFr if
you
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consider that legal threats are being used inappropriately to
stifle
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civil
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and appropriate participation in the chapter. Moreover, you
condition
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payment to being informed if the chapter leadership feels that
legal
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action
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is appropriate to take against current or former board members or
staff.
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Let me be clear: these conditions are outrageous and unacceptable.
First of all, my legitimacy as a Board member of WMFr does not come
from
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any commitment to WMF but from being democratically elected by
French
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chapter members. WMF has no say in who stays or not on the Board,
and
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trying to intervene on such governance issues is, again, putting
both
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organisations at risk of being legally recognised as co-employers.
Second, as a (volunteer) Board member I have been subjected to
harassment,
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sexist abuse, and unjustified allegations of misconduct by
community
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members, that have impacted my health and mental well being to the
point
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where I was no longer able to do my (paid) job in cancer patient
care
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and
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my GP put me on medical leave. A large volume of this abuse took
place
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on
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WMF property (fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipédia:Le_Bistro
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro and the
WMF-hosted,
publicly archived mailing lists wikimedia-l and wikimediafr).
You personally and on behalf of WMF encouraged French community
members
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to
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challenge chapter leadership citing governance issues, without a
word
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mentioning the violence suffered by the Board and executive staff
at
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the
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hands of some French members during this crisis. Worse, you
presented
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the
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Board's email condemning the harassment as inaccurate and
problematic,
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which made the community feel all the more legitimate in their
harmful
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attacks.
When I reported the abuse in person to WMF employees during the
site
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visit
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you personally empathised with my distress at the time, and thanked
me
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for
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being honest about how your email to the wikimediafr list had made
our
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already precarious situation untenable. And then you did nothing.
My husband Rémi, who witnessed first hand the effects of the
harassment
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on
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my health, called on you to release the site visit report so the
misconduct
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allegations would stop. You didn't, until 3 days before our General
Assembly (where the allegations were repeated), on the same day you
asked
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that I stay on as a Board member. Even your choice of words in the
"Grant
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expectations" document is telling: "egregious incivility" is not
what
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we
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are talking about here. We are talking about unacceptable and
illegal
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defamation and harassment with serious real life consequences.
Rémi also called on the wikimedia-l list to stop the unfounded
allegations,
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and was attacked in turn because of "his conflict of interest as
the
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husband of a Board member". He also reported the abuse to the WMF
governance committee, to the Suport and Safety team and mentioned
it
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to
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Christophe Henner and Katherine Maher on Twitter, to no avail. To
this
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day
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we haven't received any support or acknowledgement whatsoever. All
the
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while the sexist abuse continues, and French editor MrButler was
moderated
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on the wikimediafr maling list for his continued personal attacks
against
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me. This is exactly the kind of behaviour the Board's email to the
members
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was calling out, yet you continue to deliberately ignore it and
refuse
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to
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do anything about it.
Finally, your asking to be informed of any legal action against
chapter
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members or staff is yet another example of the WMF taking sides
while
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posing as a neutral arbitrator. Calling someone out on their toxic
behaviour or actually filing a complaint are no legal threats or
intimidation, but by claiming they are you are trying to silence
victims
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by
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denying them their basic rights to legal protection. At least two
complaints have been filed against community members and more may
be
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coming, including on my behalf. You will not be informed because it
is
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not
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for WMF to decide whether they are justified or frivolous.
For all these reasons I am deeply shocked and hurt by your payment
conditions and will not abide by the terms of your grant
expectations.
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With
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most of WMFr funding hanging in the balance your unilaterally
revised
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conditions amount to blackmail but I will not stay in harm's way at
the
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request of the organisation who has failed me in every aspect when
I
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came
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in good faith to work for the community. I will resign when I see
fit
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to
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protect my health, and continue to speak honestly and publicly
about
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your
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actions and empty words of safety and inclusivity.
Sincerely,
Marie-Alice Mathis, vice chair of WMFr
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] The other side of the crisis at WMFR

Regards,