[Foundation-l] Changes to the identification policies and procedures

[Pedro Sanchez]

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Christine Moellenberndt
<cmoellenberndt at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Yes, there are some changes happening.  We announced it to the OTRS
> volunteers as they are the first to be directly impacted by this
> change.  Part of being an OTRS volunteer is the agreement that they
> would be willing to provide identification to the Foundation if
> requested.  I understand the frustration here, but Board policy says
> that those with access to non-public data must ID to the Foundation,
> OTRS volunteers have served with the understanding that they agree to ID
> if asked, we're now asking them to do so.  We are working with the OTRS
> volunteers to find the safest way to do so, that will comply with the
> Board but will also provide safety and security to the community.
>
> -Christine and the vacationing Philippe
>
> ---------
> Christine Moellenberndt
> Community Associate
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> christine at wikimedia.org
>

My issue is that I've already identified, verified, ok'd, and it
seems, that's not nough anymore, now WMF wants to keep a permanent
record of who am I, with the possible implications of it.