Fae.
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:19 PM, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
because the new company "will compete for staff, stories and donations".[1] Will you be resigning from the WMF board of trustees
I hope not. I hardly see a conflict of loyalties; to the extent there is an overlap of focus, the output of WikiTribune will be available to both WN and WP, the only current sister projects covering news.
considering the unique nature of your permanent unelected seat
Not permanent, only exempt from term limits. It requires regular appointment, else sits empty.
In fact apart from denying the possibility that this was an issue with your
statement "<snip explicit, comprehensive statement of COI and recusal>",
you refused properly to engage further...
Someone refusing to engage further in being badgered? Never. :-)
I'm not sure what you're missing here. Ties to Wikia carry COI; this has come up in public discussions about the Board since the very first slate of Trustees & is not in question. There's a formal annual COI process for Trustees, which mandates declaring potential conflicts, and recusing as appropriate from related decisions. Those declarations haven't been made public for anyone (Allowing me to keep the extent of my investment in Newpedia private.) In Jimbo's case, conflicts are pretty well hashed out in public as well.
SJ
P.S. Nice launch and a most elegant design, Wikitribunnies!