Chris -
Please don't assume that you speak for the Wikimedia community
overall. I actually find your email much more objectionable than
any of Victoria's messages.
I do not see Victoria's emails as undermining the work of WMF, nor
of WMF's relationship with its volunteers and its partners. I
agree with Kunal here. It is rare to hear from Board members on
this list, especially speaking informally or not speaking for the
Board as a whole, and I very much appreciate Victoria's sharing
her thoughts and feelings with us. Could she have written in a
less antagonistic way? Sure, but so could you. Although I disagree
with how the Board has handled this matter, I actually feel a
little better about the Board than I did before I read Victoria's
emails. So Victoria's message improved at least one volunteer's
relationship with the Board.
However, I think that your email will likely serve to weaken the
relationship between the Board and volunteers, because it will
likely have a chilling effect, making Board members (and WMF
staff) less likely to want to share their perspectives on this
email list.
Paul / Libcub
On 2024-07-22 12:30 AM, Kunal Mehta
wrote:
Hi,
On 7/19/24 09:48, Chris Keating wrote:
But you have gone well past the line of
communicating your reservations about a particular proposal.
With these frustrated emails, you are now undermining the work
of the WMF, and its relationship with its own volunteers and its
partners. Please stop.
I don't agree with Victoria, but I strongly disagree with this
contention and request. We don't hear enough from individual board
members, so I appreciate her for at least explaining herself and
engaging on this list.
Is there anyone who isn't frustrated at how this process has gone?
The board being silent and non-responsive to criticism is usually
what actually undermines the WMF.
-- Kunal / Legoktm
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