[Foundation-l] [Announcement] Welcome to our two new board members

[Robert Rohde]

For the record, it doesn't actually bother me, but I know it was a major
concern that some people had, so I was wondering how Michael was planning to
address it.

-Robert Rohde

On Feb 13, 2008 1:13 PM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the case of the Signpost, I would generally say no. To be perfectly
> honest,
> I think a "possible COI" between board membership and enwiki's community
> newspaper is just grasping at straws and looking for a reason to oppose
> someone.
>
> But that's just me.
>
> -Chad
>
> On Feb 13, 2008 4:05 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hoi,
> > I do not know about Signpost .. Google is my friend :) Does it make much
> > difference what a board member does on a project ? Even if it is the
> > en.wikipedia ??
> > Thanks,
> >     GerardM
> >
> >
> > On Feb 13, 2008 9:53 PM, Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Feb 13, 2008 12:44 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 13/02/2008, Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I do have one question though.  In previous elections there has
> been a
> > > > > concern that being on the Board and writing for the Signpost
> > > represented
> > > > a
> > > > > conflict of interest.  I believe Michael said previously that he
> would
> > > > scale
> > > > > back/discontinue his Signpost involvement if elected to the Board.
>  I
> > > am
> > > > > curious if that is still his plan?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hasn't he pretty much handed it over to others already? The Signpost
> > > > doesn't rely on him at all.
> > > >
> > >
> > > He isn't the lead editor, as he was in the past, but he still is the
> lead
> > > author on about 1 article per week.
> > >
> > > -Robert Rohde
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