Hello fellow NC Wikipedians! I hope you're all well.

If anyone was unable to attend the meeting, here's a link to some very high-level notes: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Wikipedians/Monthly-Meeting#December_2021 If you attended and have notes to add, please feel free!

As I mentioned via email, our user group is being asked whether we think there should be a formal ratification process for the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_draft_guidelines_review]

Background:

The Universal Code of Conduct "aims to provide a universal baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire Wikimedia movement and all its projects." [link to learn more] The UCoC has implications for safety and inclusion in the Wikimedia movement -- including in our user group.

As per the Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy process, "We will establish Movement-wide standards for an inclusive, welcoming, safe, and harassment-free environment. This will enable us to better attract and retain new and diverse volunteers and grow as a movement."

The guidelines for enforcing that code of conduct have been drafted. The question we're facing now is: should those guidelines just be adopted? Or should there be a formal ratification process?

What we're being asked:

The survey questions I need to respond to are:

In general, how acceptable do you find the Enforcement Draft Guidelines for the UCoC? [See the link above]
If you have concerns about the Draft and recommended processes, what are they?
Do you feel the final Enforcement Guidelines should be put through a formal ratification process?

What do you think?

Please let me know your thoughts so I can respond with an accurate reflection of what our user group thinks. You can respond on or off list. The deadline for this is this Wednesday, so please send your thoughts by end-of-day Tuesday, 12/7.

We'll meet again at 7pm on January 6.

Cheers,

Emily

On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 12:17 PM E.S. Jack <emilysjack@gmail.com> wrote:

... and one last message about this meeting:

We're being asked as an affiliate to weigh in on a question related to the Universal Code of Conduct: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Enforcement_draft_guidelines_review

Specifically, we're being asked whether we think there should be a formal ratification process for those draft guidelines. We'll discuss this tonight.

If you have opinions on this and have a chance to consider before this evening, great. If you don't have opinions, no need to take any action. If you have opinions but don't have a chance to review before this evening, that's also fine. We'll have a chance to communicate about this asynchronously before our answer is expected next week.

See you later!

On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 9:20 AM E.S. Jack <emilysjack@gmail.com> wrote:
Just a reminder about our meeting tonight. Hope to see some of you then!

Emily

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 5:05 PM E.S. Jack <emilysjack@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello fellow NC Wikipedians!

This Thursday is our last meeting of 2021. We'll meet Thursday, Dec. 2, at 7pm via Zoom. Link here: https://unc.zoom.us/j/91532002354

I've started an agenda -- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Wikipedians/Monthly-Meeting#December_2021 -- please add to it!

Looking forward to talking to you then!

Emily