Hi.
Please, help protect the trustworthiness of the Wikimedia movement in Slovakia - help WUG WMSVK to do a mass fundraising only after it will have solved its governance issues (and stop it from using Wikipedia's site notices until that).
The Wikimedia User Group Wikimedians of Slovakia (WUG WMSVK) is currently using Sitenotice and Anonnotice of Slovak Wikipedia for local fundraising. While I appreciate the effort for a non-WMF revenue source, it is not a good timing right now. Currently, WUG WMSVK is still under investigation of AffCom for their governance issues and is recovering too slowly from repeated bylaws violations done in the past under lead of current Chair Matej Grochal and current Vice-Chair Radoslava Semanová. Much of it is published on [1]. Some non-public violations will be published after a 6 months period of AffCom investigations (which is going to end sometime before 16th of June).
The use of Sitenotice and Anonnotice is based on skwiki Village Pump request from the Vice-Chair Dávid Štefan done 23th March 2021 [2] and executed by WUG WMSVK's Chair himself less than 3 day later [3]. This is a clear example of Conflict of Interests - Matej Grochal mixing his role of WUG WMSVK's Chair and skwiki's admin (that part would be OK, according to me, if the activation of site noticies would be done by some other admin). The time for Community reaction was very little (less than 3 days). The community reaction is very weak, but at this point clearly against such use.
I have right now contacted AffCom. But they are a volunteer based committee with meetings once in a month, so it is probable that they would react too slowly (like, AffCom haven't reacted until now to my message about probable bylaws violation of WUG WMSVK from 3 weeks ago, even despite my personal calls).
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Slovakia/history#2019 [2] https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/7180661 [3] https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/7182017
I hope for quick reaction Best regards KuboF Hromoslav
Hello KuboF,
Thank you for your message. I am sending a quick message to let you know we have received your email and are looking into this situation.
Thank you,
Megan
On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:14 PM Michal Matúšov kubof.hromoslav@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
Please, help protect the trustworthiness of the Wikimedia movement in Slovakia - help WUG WMSVK to do a mass fundraising only after it will have solved its governance issues (and stop it from using Wikipedia's site notices until that).
The Wikimedia User Group Wikimedians of Slovakia (WUG WMSVK) is currently using Sitenotice and Anonnotice of Slovak Wikipedia for local fundraising. While I appreciate the effort for a non-WMF revenue source, it is not a good timing right now. Currently, WUG WMSVK is still under investigation of AffCom for their governance issues and is recovering too slowly from repeated bylaws violations done in the past under lead of current Chair Matej Grochal and current Vice-Chair Radoslava Semanová. Much of it is published on [1]. Some non-public violations will be published after a 6 months period of AffCom investigations (which is going to end sometime before 16th of June).
The use of Sitenotice and Anonnotice is based on skwiki Village Pump request from the Vice-Chair Dávid Štefan done 23th March 2021 [2] and executed by WUG WMSVK's Chair himself less than 3 day later [3]. This is a clear example of Conflict of Interests - Matej Grochal mixing his role of WUG WMSVK's Chair and skwiki's admin (that part would be OK, according to me, if the activation of site noticies would be done by some other admin). The time for Community reaction was very little (less than 3 days). The community reaction is very weak, but at this point clearly against such use.
I have right now contacted AffCom. But they are a volunteer based committee with meetings once in a month, so it is probable that they would react too slowly (like, AffCom haven't reacted until now to my message about probable bylaws violation of WUG WMSVK from 3 weeks ago, even despite my personal calls).
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Slovakia/history#2019 [2] https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/7180661 [3] https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/7182017
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Hello,
I can provide a brief update that we are following up with WMSVK on the process for this banner campaign. On the topic of governance issues, this matter has been referred to AffCom who is the appropriate group to review the situation.
Thank you,
Megan
On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 11:03 PM Megan Hernandez mhernandez@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello KuboF,
Thank you for your message. I am sending a quick message to let you know we have received your email and are looking into this situation.
Thank you,
Megan
On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 10:14 PM Michal Matúšov kubof.hromoslav@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
Please, help protect the trustworthiness of the Wikimedia movement in Slovakia - help WUG WMSVK to do a mass fundraising only after it will have solved its governance issues (and stop it from using Wikipedia's site notices until that).
The Wikimedia User Group Wikimedians of Slovakia (WUG WMSVK) is currently using Sitenotice and Anonnotice of Slovak Wikipedia for local fundraising. While I appreciate the effort for a non-WMF revenue source, it is not a good timing right now. Currently, WUG WMSVK is still under investigation of AffCom for their governance issues and is recovering too slowly from repeated bylaws violations done in the past under lead of current Chair Matej Grochal and current Vice-Chair Radoslava Semanová. Much of it is published on [1]. Some non-public violations will be published after a 6 months period of AffCom investigations (which is going to end sometime before 16th of June).
The use of Sitenotice and Anonnotice is based on skwiki Village Pump request from the Vice-Chair Dávid Štefan done 23th March 2021 [2] and executed by WUG WMSVK's Chair himself less than 3 day later [3]. This is a clear example of Conflict of Interests - Matej Grochal mixing his role of WUG WMSVK's Chair and skwiki's admin (that part would be OK, according to me, if the activation of site noticies would be done by some other admin). The time for Community reaction was very little (less than 3 days). The community reaction is very weak, but at this point clearly against such use.
I have right now contacted AffCom. But they are a volunteer based committee with meetings once in a month, so it is probable that they would react too slowly (like, AffCom haven't reacted until now to my message about probable bylaws violation of WUG WMSVK from 3 weeks ago, even despite my personal calls).
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Slovakia/history#2019 [2] https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/7180661 [3] https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/7182017
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