On 9/17/07, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
That's what happened. I argued on our communications mailing list that a basic announcement of this type would be helpful (also for people who were in touch with Carolyn and now needed someone else to follow up with), but the rough consensus was against. IMHO there's a middle ground between "going into detail on every staff issue" and "not informing the community about staff changes": quick updates (perhaps in a smaller "notes" section on the WMF website). We'll see, maybe next time.
One could say that Cary's removal of Carolyn from the [[wikimedia:Current staff]] page was the "smaller 'notes' section" that was wanted. The information of her leaving the Foundation was easily available, you just had to go and look for it.
There's also something to be said for the good ol' "Assume good faith". ;-)
-- Toward Peace, Love & Progress: Erik
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