I'm not familiar with this specific situation, but I agree that more
transparency and accountability would be good.
On May 6, 2019, at 12:40 AM, Paulo Santos Perneta <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> A few days ago the Wikimedia affiliate I belong to was officially informed,
> by a WMF source, that I'm being subject to a until now unknown sanction,
> with an accusation from AffCom I can only describe as baseless and
> fraudulent, relating to a a situation between two affiliates, dealt with by
> AffCom more than one year ago, of which I was never part of, occurred more
> than one year ago. I was never informed of this.
>
> This is not the first time AffCom engages in this sort of appalling
> behavior. As far as I know, WMPT is still waiting for the accusations made
> by AffCom last year, which led to its suspension, to be substantiated.
> AffCom never substantiated anything related to that, with the excuse of a
> need for secrecy.
>
> How, I ask you all as members of the Movement, how come the Wikimedia
> Movement allowed for such a secretive, arbitrary, apparently unchecked and
> very much powerful institution to grow and thrive like this in its middle,
> overseeing and effectively controlling the relation of all of us (both
> affiliates and individuals) and the WMF?
>
> More important than that, what can be done about this? Where one can appeal
> to, when presented with such fraudulent, baseless, secretive,
> unsubstantiated accusations by a body which was supposed to be above all
> suspicion?
>
> Can an internal inquiry be demanded somewhere at the Wikimedia Foundation
> over the activities and decisions of AffCom, in the same way we do with
> suspicious activity by checkusers and supervisors, with the Ombudsman
> Commission?
>
> Looking forward for any help and insight on this,
>
> Paulo - DarwIn
> Wikimedia Portugal
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