On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:34 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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)? > > I will note, as a member of both of these lists, that you did not > actually ask these questions - at least not publicly, that I could > find - before sending a note to foundation-l. Probably doing so would > have been helpful :) > > It seems to me that a good-faith interpretation is that not announcing > changes right this second was the right thing to do -- since there was > so much controversy among OTRS agents the staff may choose to change > or modify the original plan, in which case it's not clear to me what > would be announced. The original announcement did affect only a > limited number of volunteers, and there was no implication that it > would be extended to admins, etc. Of course, broader discussion of the > issue of identification and access to non-private data (and who should > have it) in general is great, and if people have thoughts they should > weigh in.
er, private data :) Of course if you want to discuss non-private data too, go for it! phoebe _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
