This mailing list thread is about the Wikimedia Foundation recruiting
members for its board and I would like to ask we stick to that, please.
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James Hare
Associate Product Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 11:22 AM, James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
To follow up on this, Katherine, would you please
state the relative risk
to politically controversial editors of using CPUs without backdoor
coprocessors to host Foundation projects?
Ref.:
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/for-deep-security-
use-arm-avoid-intel-amd-processors/
Are there a corresponding subpoena and national security letter burden
differences in choosing open source hardware without backdoor coprocessors?
Thank you for considering these questions.
Best regards,
Jim
On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 12:28 PM, James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On the original topic of technology advocacy
representation on the Board,
[c]an we please get someone from the open source hardware community and
Legal to tell us how much we could save in subpoena, hardware, and
overhead
costs by avoiding backdoors? Has anyone on the
Board ever championed open
source hardware, since, Sam maybe?
Please see:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/5xvn4i/update_
corebootlibreboot_on_amd_has_ceo_level/
https://np.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/8aovfb/
china_has_started_ranking_citizens_with_a_creepy/
https://teachprivacy.com/why-i-love-the-gdpr/
https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_
Technology%2FAnnual_Plans%2FFY2019%2FCDP3%3A_Knowledge_
Integrity&type=revision&diff=2762601&oldid=2762351
Best regards,
Jim
On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 12:44 AM, Philippe Beaudette <
philippe(a)beaudette.me> wrote:
> And even if such laws do not exist (and I'm no expert), as an employee I
> would be gravely concerned about taking a role with any employer where I
> knew that they would be publishing the reason for my departure.
>
> Now, employees may /choose/ to publish a reason (as I did) but to
presume
> that it would be mandatory (and to be willing
to stake your career on it
> in
> advance) would likely seriously inhibit some candidates from applying.
> When you pair that with the WMF's (relatively) transparent
organization,
I
> think the two together would be a significant
inhibitor to recruiting.
>
> Philippe
>
> On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 2:10 PM, Joseph Seddon <josephseddon(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > "I am unaware of any laws which would prohibit WMF from publishing the
> > entirety of executives' compensation
> > details including their employment contracts, severance agreements,
> > and the circumstances
> > in which their departures happen."
> >
> > Pine, I often appreciate your view and input on a range of topics but
> to be
> > blunt if this is your genuine opinion I'm personally rather glad my
> > employer does not base its HR policies and practices on your personal
> > interpretation of employment law.
> >
> > Seddon
> >
> > On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 8:59 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Given Jaime's previous statement on this matter, and my general
> > > dissatisfaction with WMF's level of financial transparency, I am
> > > uncomfortable with his involvement with selecting a new WMF Board
> member
> > > based on his or her finance expertise. I would encourage the Board
to
> > > reconsider Jaime's role in the
selection process, and to place a
> strong
> > > emphasis on identifying a new board member who has experience with
> > > significantly increasing the financial transparency of
organizations.
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