On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
2011/1/20 whothis whothith@gmail.com:
I hope others reading this realize the implication of your appointment. I had no idea who you were before this, and still don't
I had no idea who you were before this. Then I checked my mail archives and saw that the only other thread you've been engaged in was a different set of accusations about the existence of a cabal and the impropriety thereof.
Thats a fair assessment, let me first say that I respect your opinion to a certain degree Erik. But as an unknown poster on this list, I have the exact same qualification as Mr. Prabhala does, perhaps even more, the only difference is I am not on the Advisory Board. Second, Let me refresh your memory I posted on a thread a while ago, complaining about the Movement roles "steering committee", composed of 5 people from the chapter committee, a board member and an employee. I made a comment in passing that add Achal or Florence to the mix and you have the Advisory Board Cabal. Maybe I was the only one who saw a pattern.
This is not a constructive conversation, because it confuses and conflates a bunch of very complex issues (questions of NPO governance and ethics, which you clearly have a very limited understanding of, vs. questions of effective and transparent operations, vs. community participation, etc.), and has from the beginning taken the tone of prosecutorial questioning. If you're interested in having a constructive conversation e.g. about the grants process and the fellowships program without attacking individuals, I'll be happy to join it, here or on Meta.
Clearly, without even knowing who I am, you can easily write me off as someone with a very limited understanding of NPO governance and ethics. That is one thing you are apparently sure about in all of this, I would say something about your own Hubris but I think that's just the way it is. Anyway, I didn't raise the questions, the other person did, I made the point about a possible appearance of impropriety and was planning on fading away until the jibe about "Pranayama" and the patronizing tone. I don't care for his grant or "fellowship", he might as well be researching farts for all I care, researchers and consultants come and go, but Advisory Board members they are forever.
I unfortunately, have a life to live and bills to pay instead of engaging in a "constructive" and drawn-out conversation, we can't all be lifetime appointed Advisory Board members. Apologies if it got too personal, I took offense to one of the statements earlier and had to resort to polemics.
Kind Regards
Elizabeth