New subject: Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] The other side of the crisis at WMFR

23 Nov 2017

Pour ceux qui l'aurait raté, c'est en anglais, mais la section syndicale de
Wikimedia France vient de publier des remerciements à la WMF pour son
action lors du #WMFRgate.

Je trouve cela très très instructif (l’intérêt des salariés qu'elles et
qu'ils disaient ?)

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From: Sylvain Boissel &lt;sylvain.boissel(a)wikimedia.fr&gt;
Date: 2017-11-22 13:37 GMT+01:00
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] The other side of the crisis at WMFR
To: Wikimedia Mailing List &lt;wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt;

Hi Katherine,

2017-10-19 23:19 GMT+02:00 Katherine Maher &lt;kmaher(a)wikimedia.org&gt;rg>:

...
  [...]

...
  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
...
  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
...
  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
...
  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.

As the representative of the local branch of the labor union
ASSO-Solidaires at Wikimédia France, I wanted to thank you and the WMF
staff members who took part in the site visit in Paris in July  (namely
Katy Love, Winifred Olliff, Stephen Laporte and James Baldwin) for hearing
the distress of the staff members at a time when Wikimédia France's board
plainly refused to discuss with the staff.

I also wanted to confirm that things are getting better with the new board
elected in September.

I cannot speak about what my coworkers went through without asking them
first, but I can share an example from my own story: in February, I was
issued a « rappel à l'ordre » (warning) by the former direction and
board, accusing
me of disloyalty to the chapter because I had a girlfriend. It was
cancelled this month by the new board, and this is a huge relief to me.

Best regards,
Sylvain.

--
*Sylvain Boissel*
Délégué du personnel et Responsable de la section syndicale ASSO-Solidaires
*WIKIMÉDIA FRANCE*
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