Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee/2014 appointments

The Arbitration Committee is appointing three non-arbitrators to a term on its Audit Subcommittee ("AUSC"). AUSC audits and inspects all use of the CheckUser and Oversight privileges on the English Wikipedia. The outgoing AUSC members will depart on 27 August, and this process is to select their replacements. Their replacements will serve until 31 August 2015.

AUSC members must be trustworthy independent thinkers, and will be required to:
 * use the AUSC mailing list to discuss and decide complaints
 * attend to complaints and open business in a timely manner (serious inactivity will lead to removal)
 * comply with all policies governing their private CU and OS use

The subcommittee is made up of three arbitrators and three community auditors. You must be an administrator on this project, at least eighteen years of age, and willing to identify to the Wikimedia Foundation. Successful applicants will receive the full roster of access rights for CUOS holders for the duration of their term.

To apply, read on at.

Appointment process

 * Dates are provisional and subject to change


 * Applications: 16 July – 29 July You may apply by submitting a nomination statement to . The statement should be 250 words in length and be suitable for inclusion in your public nomination. (Only administrators are eligible this year.)


 * Administration: 29 July – 01 August Your nomination page will be prepared; it will contain your statement, a Q&A section, and space for community comments on your nomination and suitability for the role.


 * Community comments: 01 August – 12 August Your nomination will be posted. Like RFA, there are several standard questions which you must answer. Community members may also pose additional questions; you may answer these too. At this stage, the community can comment on you and the other volunteers. Comments on the candidates' suitability (or unsuitability) can be posted in the relevant nomination page, or sent to.


 * Committee decision: 13 August &rarr; The committee will collate all community feedback. Arbitrators may pose follow-up questions to you by email, and we will vote privately on who to appoint.


 * Appointments: by 27 August 2014 You will be notified of our decision. Successful candidates will identify, then receive their permissions and access rights.

The formal vetting phase and the lengthy questionnaire has been abolished.