[Wikimedia-l] WMUA chapter mailing list switched to 'read-only' mode

[Ziko van Dijk]

Hello,
This is actually a good question for
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Research/Survey_1
How do chapter boards make use of the board mailing list, and how about the
general mailing list of the association. Actually, the mailing list of
WMNL, Wikimedianl-l, doesn't show very much activity. Everyone can join and
post. But I can imagine scenarios in which a chapter decides to change that.
Kind regards
Ziko













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Dr. Ziko van Dijk
voorzitter / president Wikimedia Nederland

Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland
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2013/8/18 Pavlo Shevelo <pavlo.shevelo at gmail.com>

> According to WMUA Board decision [1] from now on (today morning) and for
> unlimited time period the one and only WMUA chapter mailing list [
> WikimediaUA]  [2] (which is very much like [Wikimedia-I]) is switched to
> read-only mode for all community members but Board (7 persons) and Audit
> Committee (+3 persons), who saved full access for them.
>
> It's like conversion of [Wikimedia-l] into [WikimediaAnnounce-l], but with
> much more severe (only for WMF Board announcements) limitations.
>
> Interestingly (if somebody prefer) that moderators of [WikimediaUA] mailing
> list from the times long before the said ruling are:
> * 2 Board members (Board Chair and Executive director)
> and
> * 1 member of Audit Committee.
> All moderators were appointed (no elections!) by ...Board decision.
>
> As for now my question is pretty simple: is there any precedents known,
> when chapter Board do some alike rulings? Does it seems appropriate?
>
> If anybody will be interested in context (bigger picture etc.) that is why
> it was done so (including formal and real causes & motivations), this
> person will have to go deep into struggle:
>
> * for openness ('clearness') of the WMUA Board;
> * against unethical (and so, in that meaning immoral) behaviour of some
> of WMUA Board members
> * ...etc.
>
> and [3] and [4] are some entry points for that ...'deepness'.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Pavlo Shevelo
> (my WPnick is the same :))
>
> [1]
>
> http://ua.wikimedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%E2%84%9626/2013_%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_18_%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%BD%D1%8F_2013
>
> [2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaua
> [3] See the Talk page for [1]
> [4]
>
> http://ua.wikimedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B0:%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8#.D0.A9.D0.BE.D0.B4.D0.BE_.D1.80.D1.96.D1.88.D0.B5.D0.BD.D0.BD.D1.8F_.D0.9F.D1.80.D0.B0.D0.B2.D0.BB.D1.96.D0.BD.D0.BD.D1.8F_.E2.84.9626.2F2013_.D0.B2.D1.96.D0.B4_18_.D1.81.D0.B5.D1.80.D0.BF.D0.BD.D1.8F_2013
>
> Sorry, all references are in Ukrainian (with Ukrainian titles, that's why
> URLs are so long) but Google translate works reasonably well to give the
> idea, at least for [1], which is most important
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