You are quite correct, we cannot force the board to respond. However if they don't we are free to vote with our feet - or not. The fundamental rule of crowdsourcing is 'do not alienate your crowd'. They tread a delicate line, whatever they do is going to annoy somebody. Cheers, Peter
-----Original Message----- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rjd0060 Sent: Thursday, 31 December 2015 4:12 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement about changes to the Board
On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 9:02 AM, John Mark Vandenberg jayvdb@gmail.com wrote:
Can the board please very clearly state whether this removal was for cause, or not!?
If they'd like to. But if not, no. So people who keep demanding things, after what I personally believe between Jimmy's comment and others, we can put a lot (no, not all) of pieces to get ourselves.
We edit a website. This may surprise a lot of people, but that entitles you to nothing outside of that domain. It doesn't get you a discount at McDonalds, it doesn't get you out of traffic violations and probably won't get you your next job. Yes - our position as volunteers is important (if not critical) to the Foundation and its overall message. But the so called "community" needs to realize their boundaries.
People who keep demanding such things (such as a detailed report of what happened) are showing a lack of knowledge on the non-profit board structure - and perhaps other things. Just my two cents, since everybody else is piling on in opposition.