[Gendergap] washington dc

[aude]

On Oct 7, 2011, at 7:49 AM, Sandra ordonez <sandratordonez at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Essentially, that someone has gotten a leadership position in the  
> D.C. chapter who has been banned from editing Wikipedia for year for  
> things like harassing people, disruptive behavior, and editing  
> problems like copyright violations.

We, the DC chapter, recognize and are discussing these concerns from  
you and others.

Essentially we had no minimum voting requirements (we're changing our  
bylaws to fix this) and a shortage of candidates which allowed  
essentially anyone to be elected. (Personally I am not happy about that)

We welcome your voice to discuss this or any concerns on our internal  
list, which is public and open to all:

wikidc-internal at googlegroups.com

Cheers,
Katie

>
> Isn't the next Wikimania in D.C.? This sends out a horrible message  
> to people if its true - definitely not one of empowerment. this is a  
> pretty hardcore problem. If this is this the case, then i suggest  
> that as a group, we try to draw attention to this issue, or the   
> location for Wikimania be changed. Not only is this F-ed up for  
> internal people, but I can't imagine a reporter not jumping on this  
> story.  Obviously, this sends out a horrible message to women  
> everywhere including, in my opinion, giving the impression that  
> there are no repercussions for bad behavior.
>
> Seriously f-ed up.
>
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> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Béria Lima <beria.lima at wikimedia.pt> 
>  wrote:
> Sandra, can you provide more info? Like, what the buzz says, where  
> you saw and so on... That might make the job easier to WMDC members  
> to answer it ;)
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> On 7 October 2011 02:49, Sandra ordonez <sandratordonez at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> sooo, i've heard some buzz about what is going on in the d.c.  
> chapter, and I've been thinking of writing a post about it, bc  
> frankly if the buzz is accurate, i'm a little disappointed. Does  
> anyone know what is going on there? Thought this might be a good  
> place to ask before I open my big mouth.
>
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