Earlier: "... There was no question of the board "disclosing" information that we did not have..."

I think it's more of a question of taking responsibility for NOT having such information beforehand, then pretending there was nothing to be concerned about - including concern for the Wikipedia community.

Where I come from, things work this way for fix a problem:

GIVEN: Out of recognition of a connection to others, and recognizing a break in that connection, and taking responsibility for that break:

1 - stop what you're doing

2 - fix what you broke

3 - take steps to prevent it from happening again.

Simple, no?

Defending oneself has no function. Explaining may soothe, and dampen speculation, but is insufficient. Criticizing, condemning and complaining, well, as Dale Carnegie would have said, are also inappropriate.

See http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/12/13/hey-dad-wikipedia-says-that- you/ for an example of a public life in the new wiki world.