Language capabilities (language and level of proficiency): pl, en-4, de-2
Regional experiences: Central and Eastern Europe and Asia
What experience do you have participating on committees, within or outside the Wikimedia movement?
Previous term on AffCom, multiple terms on pl.wikimedia's Board, a term on CEE Hub SC
What skills, experience, or perspective would you bring or contribute to the committee, if appointed?
17 years of experience as a Wikimedian, management of a meaningful affiliate in the European vicinity, start-up work on one of the first fully fledged hubs
Is there any other pertinent information that you would like us to take into account when reviewing your application?
None so far
Which sub-committee are you interested in working with (Conflict Intervention, Recognitions)? Conflict Intervention sub-committee
What do you think are the benefits and responsibilities of functioning as formal affiliates, and when is a group of Wikimedians ready to form an affiliate?
As soon as there is any coordination of activities in the area, provided no one else is doing similar work and thus leading to cannibalisation of resources.
Please describe your experience working with conflict resolution, and how you have helped build consensus and support diversity.
Certified by a Polish institution in text-based conflict resolution, former member of pl.wiki's ArbCom, 2+ years on AffCom Conflicts subcommitee.
Strong support Mr Pędzich is a veteran of the Wikimedia movement. An excellent communicator and definitely an asset to AffCom (or any other committee).--Jetam2 (talk) 12:40, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I know it's not usual to comment on an endorsement on this page. In my defense, it's probably not usual either to give a negative "endorsement".
I want to clarify that: for every interaction you may have had with Wojciech in the context of the Affcom, a collective decision from the Conflict subcommittee had been made beforehand.
Please be consistent and add a negative review to my own candidacy.
Strong oppose I personaly know and like Wojciech already for years and consider him a friend and a capable human and I would love to endorse him. In the same time, I strongly suspect that AffCom is violating the Wikimedia Foundation Guiding Principles for last at least 3 years. That suspection was big part of my reason to apply to AffCom, in fact. And Wojciech Pędzich is part of that term of AffCom, so I am very careful. Generaly, I am not going to endorse anyone who applies for any role in WMF until they explicitly declare their commitment to the WMF Guiding Principles (even if implicit commitment may be clear, which in this case is not) or present a clear critique of them based on reasonable arguments and at least a basic proposal to improve the situation about the principles. If you answer my questions, I may change my endorsement. I strongly invite you to explicitly clarify your role in the suspected AffCom's violations (you can find a lot of examples in the AffCom mailinglist by searching something like "Do you consider that AffCom is aligned with WMF Guiding Principles"). Thanks for understanding, and I am very looking for your answer. --KuboF Hromoslav (talk) 23:01, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
