Hi Lila,
My read of the *new* Privacy Policy is that nonpublic emails sent to WMF should remain nonpublic unless the user gives consent to the contrary. The policy states that "We may share your information for a particular purpose, if you agree." Otherwise emails are considered personal information and their redistribution is restricted. See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy#share-to-experiment and https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy#Access_to_and_release_of...
So, please do not take the view that "Otherwise, we will consider them public" if you do not hear back from someone who has contacted you.
The general practice in the community is that emails are considered private by default.
"Private" doesn't mean absolutely private, for example it's common for members of certain committees to circulate emails among themselves, but those emails don't usually get forwarded outside of the group or republished without opt-in permission from the sender. Similarly, WMF may circulate emails internally.
User privacy is a big deal in this community. Perhaps you know more about the Privacy Policy than I do, but my understanding is that your announced plans are inconsistent with the current and draft policies. Fortunately, that is easy to fix in this situation.
I am glad you have taken an interest in the experiences of new editors. (:
Pine
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 11:22:21 -0800 From: Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Edit #1 and Challenge #1 Message-ID: CAByo0cFFWkuHm=_iy0ZC598_AsmHr2AocU2Pa_mCWS-fEThfUw@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
All,
It'd be wonderful to be able to share these stories publicly in the future. I'm going to reach out to those who have already shared their experiences with me to confirm they're comfortable with sharing. If you're not comfortable with sharing your story, or want to withhold your name, please let me know in your email. Otherwise, we will consider them public, so we can build on your experiences and share them widely!
Thank you! Lila