<div dir="ltr">Hi, just a reminder: the community review of the proposed list of candidates to form the first Code of Conduct Committee for Wikimedia technical spaces ends this weekend.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 12:44 AM, Quim Gil <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:qgil@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">qgil@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_9104716589754259618gmail-docs-internal-guid-0de27ac3-4a94-860b-6f8c-24c4bff79970"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Following the process described in the </span><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, the Wikimedia Foundation’s Technical Collaboration team has selected five candidates to form the first Code of Conduct Committee and five candidates to become auxiliary members. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here you have their names in alphabetical order. For details about each candidate, please check </span><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct/Committee_members" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.mediawiki.org/<wbr>wiki/Code_of_Conduct/<wbr>Committee_members</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Committee member candidates:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Amir Sarabadani (Ladsgroup)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lucie-Aimée Kaffee (Frimelle)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nuria Ruiz (NRuiz-WMF)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sébastien Santoro (Dereckson)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tony Thomas (01tonythomas)</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Auxiliary member candidates:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ariel Glenn (ArielGlenn)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Caroline Becker (Léna)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Florian Schmidt (Florianschmidtwelzow)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Huji</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Matanya</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This list of candidates is subject to a community review period of two weeks starting today. If no major objections are presented about any candidate, they will be appointed in six weeks.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">can provide feedback on these candidates, via private email to </span><a href="mailto:techconductcandidates@wikimedia.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">techconductcandidates@<wbr>wikimedia.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. This feedback will be received by the </span><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Technical_Collaboration/Community_health" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Community Health</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> group handling this process, and will be treated with confidentiality.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We want to thank all the people who has considered the possibility to support the Code of Conduct with their participation in this Committee. 77 persons have been contacted during the selection process, counting self-nominations and recommendations. From these, 21 made it to a short list of candidates confirmed and (according to our estimation) a potential good fit for the Committee. Selecting the five candidates for the Committee has been hard, as we have tried to form a diverse group that could work together effectively in the consolidation of the Code of Conduct. Selecting the five auxiliary members has been even harder, and we know that we have left out candidates who could have contributed just as much. Being the first people assuming these roles, we have tended a bit towards more technical profiles with good knowledge of our technical spaces. We believe that future renewals will offer better chances to other profiles (not so technical and/or not so Wikimedia veteran), adding a higher diversity and variety of perspectives to the mix.</span></p><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></span><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Quim Gil <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:qgil@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">qgil@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Wikimedia technical community members,</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct" target="_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki<wbr>/Code_of_Conduct</a><br></div><div><br></div>The review of the Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces has been completed and now it is time to bootstrap its first committee. The Technical Collaboration team is looking for five candidates to form the Committee plus five additional auxiliary members. One of them could be you or someone you know! <br><br>You can propose yourself as a candidate and you can recommend others *privately* at <br>techconductcandidates AT wikimedia DOT org<br><br>We want to form a very diverse list of candidates reflecting the variety of people, activities, and spaces in the Wikimedia technical community. We are also open to other candidates with experience in the field. Diversity in the Committee is also a way to promote fairness and independence in their decisions. This means that no matter who you are, where you come from, what you work on, or for how long, you are a potential good member of this Committee. <br><br>The main requirements to join the Committee are a will to foster an open and welcoming community and a commitment to making participation in Wikimedia technical projects a respectful and harassment-free experience for everyone. The committee will handle reports of unacceptable behavior, will analyze the cases, and will resolve on them according to the Code of Conduct. The Committee will also handle proposals to amend the Code of Conduct for the purpose of increasing its efficiency. The term of this first Committee will be one year.<br><br>Once we have a list of 5 + 5 candidates, we will announce it here for review. You can learn more about the Committee and its selection process at <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Code_of_Conduct/Committee" target="_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki<wbr>/Code_of_Conduct/Committee</a> and you can ask questions in the related Talk page (preferred) or here.<br><br>You can also track the progress of this bootstrapping process at <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Code_of_Conduct#Bootstrapping_the_Code_of_Conduct_Committee" target="_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki<wbr>/Talk:Code_of_Conduct#Bootstra<wbr>pping_the_Code_of_Conduct_<wbr>Committee</a><br><br>PS: We have many technical spaces and reaching to all people potentially interested is hard! Please help spreading this call.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>--<br>Quim Gil<br>Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation<br><a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil" target="_blank">http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/<wbr>User:Qgil</a><br><div>
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