On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 3:25 PM, olatunde isaac reachout2isaac@gmail.com wrote:
I'm very disappointed to know that the board meeting was still ongoing as at the time James revealed that he was ejected from the board. It is a silly idea! Perhaps he felt the community can stop the meeting or override the decision of the board of trustee. The WMF BoT is not a parliament where the house do not have the veto power to remove an elected member. Section 7 (remover) of the WMF's bylaws clearly stipulated that “Any Trustee may be removed, with or without cause, by a majority vote of the Trustees then in office in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 617.0808(1), or other relevant provisions of the Act”. Based on this bylaw, James remover is justified! I understand that majority of the community members who elected James are likely not to be aware of this provisions but James is aware of it and will probably have an answer to (1) the reason for his remover (2) why his remover was supported by eight members and (3) why the third community-elected trustee, Denny Vrandečić, lost confidence supported his removal. The fact that James never stated the reasons why he was ejected from the board as at the time he disclosed his remover is worrisome. James, I'm sorry if I'm too factual here.
Best,
Olatunde Isaac. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN
He didn't use his phone to mail to the list while sitting in a meeting... He was dismissed from the board and then ejected from the board meeting. After he left the room as ordered, he posted the notification. We don't know all the precise circumstances, but I couldn't guarantee I wouldn't have done the same in his place.