[Foundation-l] [Checkuser-l] (volunteer) job position : Ombudsperson checkuser (or checkuser Ombudsperson or whatever)

[Kelly Martin]

On 6/16/06, Anthere <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The board regularly receives some complaints about checkuser activity
> and what happened is either that no one look at the case, or look at
> them poorly. In 95% of case, the "abuse" is imaginary; but we can not be
> sure that one day there will not be a problem.
>
> So, what I suggest is a sort of ombuds-wo-man for checkuser, who will
> offer a sympathetic ear to complainers, take charge of investigating
> cases for the board in an official manner, mediate between the checkuser
> and the complainer when the case is litigious, educate checkuser if
> necessary, and will report to the board in case where there IS a problem.
>
> Additionnaly, this person might have a sort of "overview" over the way
> the checkuser system works and may give us suggestions of suitable
> modifications of policies. Or recommandations of software changes.
>
> We need to have one or two people specifically named, so as to be able
> to say "please, talk to xxx" and to be *sure* a case is taken into
> consideration (as opposed to "but I thought someone else was taking care
> of this").
>
> Any volunteers ?

Given that we've talked about this in the past, yes, I would be
willing to serve in this capacity.

Kelly