The discussion has only been going on at the OTRS list sine February 1st. I know a public announcement is coming because it's standard operating procedure at the Foundation. Please be patient.
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:09 PM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > Steven Walling wrote: > > These changes were going to be discussed and documented in public... > [...] > > Speaking as an OTRS volunteer not as a staff member (this initiative > isn't > > part of my job)... > > I don't follow. How do you know that these changes were going to be > discussed and documented in public? These changes have been discussed for > at > least some portion of January without any community involvement. When, > exactly, was the community going be made aware that these changes were > being > discussed? When was the community going to be made aware that these changes > had been implemented? An announcement has already been made. When was the > Community Department going to involve the community (at least to give it a > courtesy heads-up)? > > > No one can give definitive answers about a process that > > isn't finalized yet, and it's been conducted in private for the last > couple > > days out of respect for the people whose personal information is > potentially > > involved here. > > Can you explain this further? You won't discuss an issue that involves the > community because of respect for what? What you're saying makes absolutely > no sense. If basic questions can't be answered about, for example, data > retention after this change has been announced (and to an extent > implemented), I don't see how Wikimedia is respecting its volunteers or > their private information. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
