I don't want to suggest the Board resign en masse today or anything like that; that would be overly catastrophic and dramatic, make recovering harder, hurt the people involved all around worse, etc.
I think we are getting more about what happened from Board perspectives. That is very much appreciated.
The fixes will require why and how it happened.
If the answers to those indicate that the board's job description and skills needs changed, or other issues then you need to fix those either with training and growth or with new members.
You (we all) need to understand what the board's requirements and capabilities need to be. Don't randomly change membership without knowing what is needed and whether new Trustees help solve that.
If you individually don't see yourself able to match those needs after they are articulated, I hope the Board members do the right thing for the movement and replace themselves with people who do.
Thank you.
George William Herbert Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 22, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak darekj@alk.edu.pl wrote:
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
I also hope that the current Board members will thoughtfully consider whether it's in the best interests of the Wikimedia Foundation and the larger Wikimedia movement for them to continue as Board members.
I can only speak for myself here, but I'm really not tied to my position :) If there is a clear signal from the wider community that I should step down, I will. I'm not sure how this should work (obviously, there should be some practical balance between a valid concern of a community at large, and just a couple of people seeking disruption - which I'm not saying is the case here, just thinking about not creating a precedence), but all in all, the voice of the community should be heard, and especially in the case of community-elected seats - treated with utmost respect.
I believe that the community (including our staff) is the source of our competitive advantage. Not tech (great as it may be), not content (great as it is, but free to take). If this very community decides that I have failed in my role, or even that I have not, but there is a common perception that my continued tenure will not advance the movement, that's the way to go.
I don't think it would be wise to have a total simultaneous Board step-down though - at least a situation of zero continuity is dangerous.
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