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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation
Hi Christel,
I wish the committee well, and success in coming up with a workable policy. This is fine as long as no assumption is made that these people represent the communities in any way other than for themselves. They may be fine people and may even have excellent ideas and skills suited to the task, but they are not our representatives, and we expect to be consulted regarding the results of this work. I understand that this may be your intention anyway, but we have seen too many fiascos resulting from a small group of people coming up with some proposal and WMF declaring this to be "movement policy" or something to that effect.
Cheers,
Peter

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From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Christel Steigenberger
Sent: 30 July 2020 19:49
To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation

Hello everyone,


We are happy to announce that the Universal Code of Conduct drafting
committee has been assembled. We had 26 volunteers apply, either by
publicly signing up on the Meta page, or by sending an email. Volunteers
from 18 different countries applied, speaking 11 different languages.

We had Wikimedian applicants with different levels of experience on-wiki,
from someone who started editing only last year to people who have been
editing for more than 18 years and/or have more than 300,000 edits.
Applicants held a variety of different roles within the movement, and also
informed us about interesting and relevant experiences in their real-life
careers. It was very hard to narrow down from this diverse and extremely
qualified pool of applicants.

For the final selection, two aspects guided the decision making - we want a
committee that at the one hand will represent important parts of the
movement. Prolific editors as well as Wikimedians whose strength is more in
organizing events, wikimedians from different demographics, contributors
from small and large wikis, and people holding different roles within the
movement. We also wanted a group of people who will collaborate with one
another effectively and create the best possible Universal Code of Conduct
for the Wikimedia movement. Experience has taught us that committees that
are too large find it difficult to work effectively, so we decided to cap
the number of seats to 6 volunteer seats and 3 staff seats.

More information on the Committee and its new members can be found on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee>
[1], and a timeline for their work is available on the main UCoC page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct> [2]. Please
note that more chances for engagement are coming up during the community
draft review period starting from August 24.

Best regards,
Christel

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct

Christel Steigenberger (she/her)

Trust and Safety Specialist

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation [ In reply to ]
Hoi,
So what is your alternative, what do you have as an alternative?
Thanks,
GerardM

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 20:24, Peter Southwood <peter.southwood@telkomsa.net>
wrote:

> Hi Christel,
> I wish the committee well, and success in coming up with a workable
> policy. This is fine as long as no assumption is made that these people
> represent the communities in any way other than for themselves. They may be
> fine people and may even have excellent ideas and skills suited to the
> task, but they are not our representatives, and we expect to be consulted
> regarding the results of this work. I understand that this may be your
> intention anyway, but we have seen too many fiascos resulting from a small
> group of people coming up with some proposal and WMF declaring this to be
> "movement policy" or something to that effect.
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> Behalf Of Christel Steigenberger
> Sent: 30 July 2020 19:49
> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee -
> Call for participation
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
> We are happy to announce that the Universal Code of Conduct drafting
> committee has been assembled. We had 26 volunteers apply, either by
> publicly signing up on the Meta page, or by sending an email. Volunteers
> from 18 different countries applied, speaking 11 different languages.
>
> We had Wikimedian applicants with different levels of experience on-wiki,
> from someone who started editing only last year to people who have been
> editing for more than 18 years and/or have more than 300,000 edits.
> Applicants held a variety of different roles within the movement, and also
> informed us about interesting and relevant experiences in their real-life
> careers. It was very hard to narrow down from this diverse and extremely
> qualified pool of applicants.
>
> For the final selection, two aspects guided the decision making - we want a
> committee that at the one hand will represent important parts of the
> movement. Prolific editors as well as Wikimedians whose strength is more in
> organizing events, wikimedians from different demographics, contributors
> from small and large wikis, and people holding different roles within the
> movement. We also wanted a group of people who will collaborate with one
> another effectively and create the best possible Universal Code of Conduct
> for the Wikimedia movement. Experience has taught us that committees that
> are too large find it difficult to work effectively, so we decided to cap
> the number of seats to 6 volunteer seats and 3 staff seats.
>
> More information on the Committee and its new members can be found on Meta
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee
> >
> [1], and a timeline for their work is available on the main UCoC page
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct> [2]. Please
> note that more chances for engagement are coming up during the community
> draft review period starting from August 24.
>
> Best regards,
> Christel
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct
>
> Christel Steigenberger (she/her)
>
> Trust and Safety Specialist
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation [ In reply to ]
Dear Christel,

Congratulations. We will be following developments closely and wishing the
committee all the best.

Kind regards,
Bobby Shabangu

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 at 20:24, Peter Southwood <peter.southwood@telkomsa.net>
wrote:

> Hi Christel,
> I wish the committee well, and success in coming up with a workable
> policy. This is fine as long as no assumption is made that these people
> represent the communities in any way other than for themselves. They may be
> fine people and may even have excellent ideas and skills suited to the
> task, but they are not our representatives, and we expect to be consulted
> regarding the results of this work. I understand that this may be your
> intention anyway, but we have seen too many fiascos resulting from a small
> group of people coming up with some proposal and WMF declaring this to be
> "movement policy" or something to that effect.
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> Behalf Of Christel Steigenberger
> Sent: 30 July 2020 19:49
> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee -
> Call for participation
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
> We are happy to announce that the Universal Code of Conduct drafting
> committee has been assembled. We had 26 volunteers apply, either by
> publicly signing up on the Meta page, or by sending an email. Volunteers
> from 18 different countries applied, speaking 11 different languages.
>
> We had Wikimedian applicants with different levels of experience on-wiki,
> from someone who started editing only last year to people who have been
> editing for more than 18 years and/or have more than 300,000 edits.
> Applicants held a variety of different roles within the movement, and also
> informed us about interesting and relevant experiences in their real-life
> careers. It was very hard to narrow down from this diverse and extremely
> qualified pool of applicants.
>
> For the final selection, two aspects guided the decision making - we want a
> committee that at the one hand will represent important parts of the
> movement. Prolific editors as well as Wikimedians whose strength is more in
> organizing events, wikimedians from different demographics, contributors
> from small and large wikis, and people holding different roles within the
> movement. We also wanted a group of people who will collaborate with one
> another effectively and create the best possible Universal Code of Conduct
> for the Wikimedia movement. Experience has taught us that committees that
> are too large find it difficult to work effectively, so we decided to cap
> the number of seats to 6 volunteer seats and 3 staff seats.
>
> More information on the Committee and its new members can be found on Meta
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee
> >
> [1], and a timeline for their work is available on the main UCoC page
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct> [2]. Please
> note that more chances for engagement are coming up during the community
> draft review period starting from August 24.
>
> Best regards,
> Christel
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Drafting_committee
>
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct
>
> Christel Steigenberger (she/her)
>
> Trust and Safety Specialist
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation [ In reply to ]
Hi Christel
I am glad to hear that, and I hope that proper consultation will occur with all potentially affected parties, in places where they can comment and point out problems on user friendly or at least familiar software, over at least a reasonably representative range of languages, and with sufficient time to discuss issues without an excessively tight deadline.
Speaking of which, what is the language spread of the drafting committee?
Cheers,
Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Christel Steigenberger
Sent: 31 July 2020 17:48
To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation

Hi Peter,

I hear and understand your worries. I’d like to reassure you that we are
very aware of the fact that no single person and no selected group of
people can speak for the community as a whole. This is one of the big
challenges all such efforts have to tackle. Representation here is not
meant in the sense of legal or political representation. But by speaking
for themselves, we hope that volunteers and staff coming from different
language communities, holding different roles within the movement and
bringing different experiences of engagement with the movement into the
process will at least bring diverse valuable perspectives to the creation
of the draft for the Universal Code of Conduct.

Before they start drafting, they are already now working their way through
a reading kit which will make them familiar with the input from the
movement strategy process as well as prior community consultations our team
has done at regional Wikimedia conferences and Wikimania as well as through
facilitated conversations with 19 different language communities. The data
is published on Meta here
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Community_feedback_at_conferences
and here
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Initial_2020_Consultations.
This community feedback will inform the drafting process.

This draft will then be brought to the communities for review starting
August 24, as outlined in the timeline here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct#Timeline. We are
still looking for ways to make more people aware of this important part of
the process. Please spread the word of this upcoming community comment
period, to help us get wider participation!

I hope the above makes sense to you, looking forward to your engagement
with the draft end of August and in September,

Christel Steigenberger (she/her)

Trust and Safety Specialist

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee - Call for participation [ In reply to ]
Hi Peter,

Thank you for coming back to me with this clarifying question and comment.
And sorry for having broken the threading with my previous mail.

The community feedback will be mainly gathered on Meta, but we will try and
reach out to communities on different channels on- and off-wiki to
encourage them to take part in the process. We will also accept comments
that come in through other channels and post them in aggregate form on
Meta, if users are not comfortable going there themselves. While we are
already spending time and energy to prepare for outreach in different
languages, we are also aware of the fact that we cannot do this alone. We
appreciate every bit of help from you and others on the mailing list, to
spread the word that the community comment period will be between August 24
and September 23 and to help us translate the content in more languages
than we alone might be able to do. If you know of good channels to spread
the word, or know about people willing and able to translate the content
into lesser known languages, please let us know!

Within the drafting committee we have people speaking 12 different
languages that I am aware of - and possibly more. Besides English and
Arabic, those are five European, three African and two Indic languages. In
addition we have hired facilitators from the community who speak Arabic,
Georgian, Persian, Russian and Swahili and we will be getting help from the
translator’s pool in our communications department.

Please always feel free to let us know of other ideas to improve the
process for community feedback gathering!

Best regards,
Christel

Christel Steigenberger (she/her)

Trust and Safety Specialist

Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>



On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 8:44 PM Peter Southwood <peter.southwood@telkomsa.net>
wrote:

> Hi Christel
> I am glad to hear that, and I hope that proper consultation will occur
> with all potentially affected parties, in places where they can comment and
> point out problems on user friendly or at least familiar software, over at
> least a reasonably representative range of languages, and with sufficient
> time to discuss issues without an excessively tight deadline.
> Speaking of which, what is the language spread of the drafting committee?
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On
> Behalf Of Christel Steigenberger
> Sent: 31 July 2020 17:48
> To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Universal Code of Conduct Drafting Committee -
> Call for participation
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> I hear and understand your worries. I’d like to reassure you that we are
> very aware of the fact that no single person and no selected group of
> people can speak for the community as a whole. This is one of the big
> challenges all such efforts have to tackle. Representation here is not
> meant in the sense of legal or political representation. But by speaking
> for themselves, we hope that volunteers and staff coming from different
> language communities, holding different roles within the movement and
> bringing different experiences of engagement with the movement into the
> process will at least bring diverse valuable perspectives to the creation
> of the draft for the Universal Code of Conduct.
>
> Before they start drafting, they are already now working their way through
> a reading kit which will make them familiar with the input from the
> movement strategy process as well as prior community consultations our team
> has done at regional Wikimedia conferences and Wikimania as well as through
> facilitated conversations with 19 different language communities. The data
> is published on Meta here
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Community_feedback_at_conferences
> and here
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Initial_2020_Consultations
> .
> This community feedback will inform the drafting process.
>
> This draft will then be brought to the communities for review starting
> August 24, as outlined in the timeline here:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Universal_Code_of_Conduct#Timeline. We are
> still looking for ways to make more people aware of this important part of
> the process. Please spread the word of this upcoming community comment
> period, to help us get wider participation!
>
> I hope the above makes sense to you, looking forward to your engagement
> with the draft end of August and in September,
>
> Christel Steigenberger (she/her)
>
> Trust and Safety Specialist
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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