Hi all - For the first time in it's history, the Wikimedia Foundation has directly removed a trustee. It worries me significantly to see this happen because although I don't have the precise details about what triggered his removal, besides for all his medical work, work on creating a copyvio bot, etc, I know that James was a strong voice against harrassment on the projects. I know that he enjoys just a colossal amount of trust in general, and have his word that this isn't over anything like an allegation of financial malfeasance, so even without knowing further details about what triggered his removal, just the fact that it happened alone is potentially of significant concern to this list. Best, KG ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Heilman &lt;jmh649(a)gmail.com&gt; Date: Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 2:43 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Board of Trustees To: Wikimedia Mailing List &lt;wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; On Dec 28th 2015 I was removed from the board of the Wikimedia Foundation. Many thanks to all those who gave me their support during the last election. I have worked in the last six month to honor the trust placed in me by advocating for our values, communities, and projects. Sincerely James Heilman -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>