Looking at a couple of situations that have arisen recently on one of the projects, where the health and well-being of volunteers might have been affected by their participation, I wonder where we can find a clear statement of the Foundation's Duty of Care towards the volunteers? I looked on Meta, but the search appeared to return only pages relevant to the Trustees duty towards the Foundation. I was looking for something about the Foundation's duty towards the community? Can anyone help?
Hi Renée, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Handbook
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Handbook and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Support_and_Safety might be a start for your research.
Cheers
Le 27/01/2018 à 13:22, Renée Bagslint a écrit :
Looking at a couple of situations that have arisen recently on one of the projects, where the health and well-being of volunteers might have been affected by their participation, I wonder where we can find a clear statement of the Foundation's Duty of Care towards the volunteers? I looked on Meta, but the search appeared to return only pages relevant to the Trustees duty towards the Foundation. I was looking for something about the Foundation's duty towards the community? Can anyone help? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Hi Renee,
Not a real answer, but you might consider looking for different terminology. Using "duty of care" the way you do is more common in British English. On the American side of the pond, it is less common to talk about a "duty of care" and more common to talk about specific issues, like health and safety. I don't know if there is a specific policy regarding the WMF's relationship with volunteers, but if there is (and if it was drafted by Americans), then it might well be framed and phrased differently without necessarily referencing "duty" as such.
Good luck.
-Robert
On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Renée Bagslint reneebagslint@gmail.com wrote:
Looking at a couple of situations that have arisen recently on one of the projects, where the health and well-being of volunteers might have been affected by their participation, I wonder where we can find a clear statement of the Foundation's Duty of Care towards the volunteers? I looked on Meta, but the search appeared to return only pages relevant to the Trustees duty towards the Foundation. I was looking for something about the Foundation's duty towards the community? Can anyone help? _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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