New subject: [Affiliates] Chapter De-Recognition: Wikimedia Philippines

25 Apr 2017

      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
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On Apr 23, 2017, at 9:41 PM, James Heilman <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@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.

*Regards,Itzik Edri*
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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/
> 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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