Hello, Have you considered asking the Affiliation Committee about what you have been reporting?
Paulo On Tue, May 30, 2023, 09:03 Andrew Owens <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed. This too considering that Wikimedia Foundation have identified > transparency as one of their core values. While the document containing > this is quite clear that this is for the Foundation itself and not for the > movement as a whole, one would expect chapter organisations to operate in > the same vein - and certainly not to act contrary to it as WMAU appears to > be doing. > > As an earlier contributor to this thread noted, I have no idea why my > membership application has been declined - I have been very reasonable in > my requests to find out why, but have been met with a wall of silence. It's > unfortunate that I should have to resort to compliance measures with an > organisation I once ably served as both a secretary and an international > delegate over several years, and with which, despite being uninvolved for > some time, I have never had any dispute or falling-out. > > Kindest regards > Andrew > > On Tue, 30 May 2023, 01:07 , <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One thing further I would like to point out. Increasingly I have been >> getting private emails advising me that those who wish to understand who or >> why a decision has been made by the Committee is a form of stalking, and >> against the UCoC. >> >> I think it is very concerning that an excellent initiative such as this >> is being weaponised to prevent reasonable requests about decisions made by >> the WMAU Committee. It would mean, for instance, that asking for your >> private information and any correspondence about decision made about >> yourself might be seen as a form of harassment. The irony is that decisions >> made about existing members or people attempting to gain membership of the >> WMAU is being kept complete opaque and preventing any right of reply >> against adverse commentary against those people. It means that the >> Committee who directly reviews these things have no accountability. >> >> I am increasingly concerned there is a culture of exclusivity and >> discrimination within the WMAU committee. In fact, it might be interesting >> if a privacy request was indeed sent to find out about what is being said, >> per the Australian citizens legal right. >> >> I also raise as a concern that the committee is unwilling to respond in >> writing in a timely manner to these requests. What does seem to be >> happening is they want private phone calls to provide responses, thus >> leaving no record of decision making. >> >> Chris >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/RUKW635V7XNT4UCQE62ESEFHSX47VJFU/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/ICQN2DCXKCQ2NK5CGJWHNRN3BQWJ6ZJT/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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