Dear Wikimedians,

Please consider applying for this if you are eligible.

Best, Vishnu

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2015 Ombudsman Commission applications Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 10:34:29 -0500 From: Maggie Dennis mdennis@wikimedia.org Reply-To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Hello, all.

I just wanted to put out a reminder that the OC application period closes on January 2nd. If you are interested in applying, please get your application in on January 1st, any timezone. :) Thanks to those of you who have already applied. I hope we'll be able to put together a strong team!

Again, please pass this invitation along to any users who you think may be interested.

Best regards,

Maggie

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Maggie Dennis mdennis@wikimedia.org wrote:

Hello, all.

It's coming close to time for annual appointments of community members to serve on the Ombudsman Commission. This commission works on all Wikimedia projects to investigate complaints about violations of the privacy policy, especially in the use of CheckUser tools, and to mediate between the complaining party and the individual whose work is being investigated. They may also assist the General Counsel, the Executive Director or the Board of Trustees in investigations of these issues. For more on their duties and roles, please see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission

This is call for community members interested in volunteering for appointment to this commission.

Commissioners should be experienced Wikimedians, active on any project, who have previously used the CheckUser tool OR who have the technical ability to understand the CheckUser tool and the willingness to learn it. They are expected to be able to engage neutrally in investigating these kinds of concerns and to know when to recuse when other roles and relationships may cause conflict. (In the past, commissioners have turned in other roles that could cause conflict, but per-case recusal is generally sufficient at our current levels of staffing this role.)

Commissioners are required to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation and must be willing to comply with the appropriate board policies, such as the access to non-public data policy and the privacy policy. This is a position that requires a high degree of discretion and trust.

If you are interested in serving on this commission, please drop me a note detailing your experience on the projects, your thoughts on the commission, and what you hope to bring to the role. Operating proficiency in English is necessary; other languages are a plus, although not required - the OC is international in scope. The commission is deliberately quite small, so slots are limited, but all applications are appreciated. The deadline for applications is January 1. Any timezone. :)

Please pass this invitation along to any users who you think may be interested.

Thank you!

Maggie

-- Maggie Dennis Senior Community Advocate Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.