Thank you Yaroslav for this very important addition. Yes, let's call it #6
(even if it should be higher :) In terms of specific next steps, Anthony
Cole offered a very compelling point about transparency on Meta Wiki:
In short, Wikimedia current Code of Conduct includes the following:
"People acting on the Foundation’s behalf must respect and maintain the
confidentiality of sensitive information ...[including] information about
the internal workings of the Foundation..."
This could easily be misinterpreted to having Trustees or staff default to
opacity even in cases where transparency would be beneficial. The Code of
Conduct should be amended to give clearer guidance on this point -- and
Board and staff onboarding processes should address it as well.
-Pete
[[User:Peteforsyth]]
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod(a)mccme.ru>
wrote:
On 2016-02-26 21:20, Pete Forsyth wrote:
All:
Now that Wikimedia's Executive Director is leaving, a central point of
contention has been resolved. But as many have said, the "real work" of
getting back on track comes next. I have been thinking about what the next
specific steps should be, and I have some suggestions here. I present
these
points very directly, in order to be concise and in the hopes of hearing
the perspectives of others. In other words -- I think this is a good list,
but I'm open to persuasion -- as I think we all are in this community. I
look forward to hearing from others who take a broad view of where this
movement and organization are, and where we need to go. And of course,
much
of what I say below is inspired by previous messages from people like
Brion, Delphine, Asaf, Milos, etc. Anyhow, on to some specifics
suggestions:
Hi Pete,
thanks for excellent suggestions, which hopefully will give us all food
for thought.
I was searching your mail for the keyword "transparency" and did not find
a single usage. I think this is an important point, which should possibly
be considered as #6. Many of our troubles from the last year arose because
people have acted untransparently. Whereas it is clear that some issues are
privacy sensitive, and full disclosure would not be possible, we should
agree that for every important decision it should be clear who made it,
what was the motivation, and preferably important stkeholders (including
the community) should have been contacted before the decision has been
made, not after that.
Cheers
Yaroslav
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