[WMCEE-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Ombuds Commission now accepting nominations

[Lodewijk]

Stewards have a good experience in this too, typically!

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Tomasz Ganicz <polimerek at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can add to this - that there is a crisis in the Commission and the next
> crew will have to probably change substantially the way it proceeds. At the
> moment there are 11 cases opened and unsolved. IMHO the technical knowledge
> of the CU tool is not that important - and one can learn it easily - what
> the commission needs are devoted persons with experience of investigating
> and resolving conflicts on Wikimedia projects. So, IMHO better candidates
> are current or former Arbcoms members than checkusers.
>
> 2017-10-02 20:05 GMT+02:00 Asaf Bartov <abartov at wikimedia.org>:
>
>> FYI.
>>
>>    A.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Karen Brown <kbrown at wikimedia.org>
>> Date: Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 8:49 PM
>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Ombuds Commission now accepting nominations
>> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Please accept my apologies if you are receiving this a number of times
>> today. We have sent it out to multiple mailing lists in order to reach as
>> many community members as possible.
>>
>> It's coming close to time for annual appointments of community members to
>> serve on the Ombudsman commission (OC). This commission works on all
>> Wikimedia projects to investigate complaints about violations of the
>> privacy policy, especially in use of CheckUser tools, and to mediate
>> between the complaining party and the individual whose work is being
>> investigated. They may also assist the General Counsel, the Executive
>> Director or the Board of Trustees in investigations of these issues. For
>> more on their duties and roles, see
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission
>>
>> This is a call for community members interested in volunteering for
>> appointment to this commission. Volunteers serving in this role should be
>> experienced Wikimedians, active on any project, who have previously used
>> the CheckUser tool OR who have the technical ability to understand the
>> CheckUser tool and the willingness to learn it. They are expected to be
>> able to engage neutrally in investigating these concerns and to know when
>> to recuse when other roles and relationships may cause conflict.
>>
>> Commissioners are required to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation and
>> must
>> be willing to comply with the appropriate Wikimedia Foundation board
>> policies (such as the access to non-public data policy[1] and the privacy
>> policy[2]). This is a position that requires a high degree of discretion
>> and trust.
>>
>> If you are interested in serving on this commission, please write me an
>> email off-list to detail your experience on the projects, your thoughts on
>> the commission and what you hope to bring to the role. The commission
>> consists of nine members; all applications are appreciated and will be
>> carefully considered. The deadline for applications is end of day on 18
>> December 2017.
>>
>> Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any users who you think
>> may be qualified and  interested.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> -Karen Brown
>>
>> On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Support & Safety team
>>
>> 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_to_nonpublic_information_policy
>>
>> 2. https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy
>>
>>
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>> kbrown at wikimedia.org
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