On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org wrote:
I should add that my own obligations as an attorney for the Foundation actually exceed those imposed on the Board. I don't find my attorney- client obligations particularly onerous, and I feel free to give the Board and staff my critical advice, even though I'm generally ethically barred from writing a tell-all book about their personalities or posting personal criticisms on Foundation-l.
Are you really barred from all personal criticism of the Foundation or its members *for a period of three (or more) years following your departure*, merely by being an attorney? I don't think that's true, but even if it is, you get paid for this. The board members, on the other hand, don't get paid anything.