On 14/09/2007, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
Are you stating that Carolyn resigned, and that she was not fired or laid off, or is it a violation of the confidentiality agreement to answer that?
I would think the very least amount of transparency a public charity should have would be to clarify that point, and that the board should never sign a confidentiality agreement precluding even that.
I can't think of any public charity so grown and mature that it wouldn't issue a public statement regarding the departure of its COO - which leads me to believe that it's lack of growth and immaturity that has brought the WMF to neglect such a thing.
Public charity? How many public charities are in the vengeance business?
In any case, if someone is fired, all the more reason not to disclose the reason for his or her departure. He or she is gone, end of story, no reason to try to ruin his or her future job prospects.
And of course, when an organisation gets really mature, it doesn't fire people, it simply transfers people to other departments.