[Foundation-l] Ombuds-wo-men commission

Sat Nov 24 16:26:30 UTC 2007

On 24/11/2007, Florence Devouard <anthere at anthere.org> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> It has been over a year since the first commission was appointed. It was
> high time for renewal. I would like to thank you our previous team,
> Nathan, Steve and Enders for their help over the past year (their task
> was not always very easy), and welcome the new team
> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mackensen
> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rebecca
> * http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hei_ber
>
> The ombudsman commission is tasked with processing complaints about
> violations of the privacy policy on any Wikimedia project, in particular
> concerning the use of CheckUser tools. The ombudsman is tasked with
> investigating cases of such policy breach or CheckUser abuse for the
> board in an official manner. They will mediate between the complainant
> and the respondent (usually a CheckUser, bureaucrat, administrator, or
> arbitration committee member). When legally necessary, the ombudsman
> will assist the general counsel, the executive director or the board in
> handling the case.
>
> Since the issue was raised during the year, let me repeat that the
> commission is not here to fix various disagreements and abuse reports,
> but is dedicated to issues related to privacy policy infringments.
>
> These people were selected to provide a healthy mix of language, project
> and gender diversity. Two have been CU, so are familiar with this role
> and the issues related to CU activities. The third is deeply interested
> in privacy policy issues. All have been highly recommanded. I hope you
> will feel confortable with them joining this commission.
>
>
> More on the commission here:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission
>
>
> Best
>
> Florence
>
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Great new choices. I have a question: will the current Ombudsmen still be
continuing, or are they being replaced?

-- 
Alex (Majorly)

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Majorly