Ruslan it's different. Way different I would say, being head of staff is the role of the ED (when not steping down).
A board member messing with that is doing something bad for the organization. If a board member is not happy with the result of the ED, his option is simple, talk about it with the board and act within the board.
Now, When an ED is stepping down, the board has to step up during the transition.
Finding the limit of your mandate as board member is not easy this is why lots of organizations write Board codex, board guidance book, etc.
2016-02-26 11:16 GMT+01:00 Ruslan Takayev ruslan.takayev@gmail.com:
Jimmy, et al
As yet, we have yet to have coherent believable reasoning for the removal of James Heilman from the BoT, but one of the reasons that has been put out there (rightly or wrongly) is that James was talking to staff about the state of affairs at the WMF.
Is this trip not the exact same thing that James was alleged to have done all those months ago? i.e. talking to staff.
Why are trustees, including yourself, only now willing to listen to staff concerns? The time for that was BEFORE the proverbial poo hit the fan.
I am seeing the announcement of your trip as nothing more than a "knight in shining armor" routine, that frankly is too little too late.
Warm regards,
Ruslan Takayev
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 4:06 AM, Jimmy Wales jimmywales@ymail.com wrote:
Here is a note that I just sent to the staff mailing list (stuck in a queue at the moment, so some staff will see it here first.).
Hi everyone!
I am coming to San Francisco on Saturday for a few days to meet with a lot of you. I know many of you are not actually in San Francisco, so I'll be sure to set aside time for remote meetings as well.
By now you of course have heard that Lila is leaving us, and my hope is that we're going to enter a new era of stability and productivity. And for that to happen, the board - including me - needs to hear from you, to listen and learn.
Brion Vibber, who I hired as the first ever employee of the Foundation, said this to me on Facebook recently: "Jimmy Wales welcome back to the conversation. I look forward to how you address the current crisis, and hope it will involve the kind of careful listening and thoughtful consideration that I remember from 2001."
That's what I want, too. I want to listen and I want to help the board make good decisions.
For me, the mission - a free encyclopedia for every single person on the planet, in their own language - is what brought us all together. It's what keeps us going even in difficult times. But my view is that it doesn't have to be difficult times. Working at the WMF should be - and will be, I really think - a joy: the joy of working with the best colleagues, the joy of doing work that matters to the world, and the joy of working for the fantastic global community of Wikipedians.
I'll be reaching out to some of you - probably starting with people I already know - but please reach out to me as well if you'd like to meet.
I'm in SF from Saturday afternoon through Wednesday evening, so depending on demand, I may not be able to see everyone, but I'd like to get a good overview.
--Jimbo
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