Hi Fae,
in the Netherlands it is quite common for this kind of reqeusts to take several weeks (the government usually allows itself up to six weeks to even acknowledge receipt). Given the fact that the legal department was over their heads busy in the past weeks, I am not very surprised it is taking a bit longer.
I would first suggest a bit of patience, and maybe send a kind private reminder - before jumping to conclusions. I know 3 weeks sounds like a really long time, but in these times of the year, it really doesn't sound like a long time at all for something that sounds like an unusual request. Maybe it woudl be more constructive continue this conversation if there is a flatout refusal or acceptance? I am confident that you will also update us if you receive a positive response.
Best, Lodewijk
2014-08-22 17:06 GMT+02:00 Fæ faewik@gmail.com:
I wrote the email below to Lila and the WMF Legal department asking for access to records (and reports) they hold on me, but I'm sad to say that after 3 weeks waiting, I have yet to receive an acknowledgement. As a Wikimania London volunteer I had a moment to speak with Jan-Bart, and some of my Wikimedia Commons uploads were even featured as part of a presentation by WMF Legal on their successes in the past year, so there was plenty of opportunity for us to have the friendly chat I suggested.
Can someone recommend if there is a WMF policy on transparency that volunteers can rely on for questions like mine, or does the law in the USA give me any specific rights of access to records or reports the WMF may keep on me that would mean that WMF Legal would do more than stay silent in response to reasonable requests from its established volunteers?
Thanks, Fae
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fæ faewik@gmail.com Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 13:49:45 +0100 Subject: Request for disclosure of all WMF records relating to Fae To: Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org Cc: legal legal@wikimedia.org, Jan-Bart de Vreede < jdevreede@wikimedia.org>
Dear Lila,
The Wikimedia Foundation keeps information such as management summaries about me, which have never been shared with me. [Redacted example material]
Could you please ensure that all records that the WMF has retained about me are copied to me? It would seem fair that I have the opportunity to both understand what the WMF management and board have available to refer to when discussing my activities for Wikimedia, and that I have a chance to both correct any mistakes in this personal data, or to ask that inappropriate material gets permanently removed from WMF databases.
I will be active in both the Wikimania hackerthon and conference in the coming week, should you or an employee wish to informally review this request with me in person, along with my reasons for making the request at this time. ... -- faewik@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae
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