That link really does not mean a great deal since are
many sorts of visas available and various methods of
immigrating to the US. Since you are somewhat
replying to me, I will say that I don't feel
comfortable to be speculating on any particular
person's immigration status on a public mailing list.
However this list often goes beyond my personal
comfort zone. In general, I imagine the WMF has been
soliciting qualified legal advice on hiring
procedures. I am not concerned about any laws being
broken.
Birgitte SB
--- Chad <innocentkiller(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I see what you're saying. At the same time,
I'm
wondering if it is legal for
Erik to work within the United States. Nothing on
the qualifications for a
work visa page seems to jump out at me, unless I'm
missing something.
-Chad
On Dec 18, 2007 12:52 PM, Birgitte SB
<birgitte_sb(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
--- Chad <innocentkiller(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Allow me to be the first to say "What the hell?"
Am
> I the only one who
> is absolutely outraged by this? We hear Erik
call
> for transparency and
> openness, yet he gets hired for a position there
was
no
announcement
about? I call BS.
-Chad H.
While "outraged" is rather strong, I am also
surprised
by the situation considering the previous
discussion
about the problematic conflict in interest that
would
arise if a board member were to be hired by WMF
immediately after their departure. [1] I suppose
the
exact nature of Erik's hire shows that such
discussions on this mailing rather than being
taken to
heart as feedback from the community about the
spirit
of WMF's operations are instead being used as
an
outline for how to game the community. After all
Erik
was not hired by *the board* So I suppose all
these
previously expressed objections just don't
apply
in
this case ;)
Birgitte SB
[1]Emails agreeing that an immediate hire of a
former
board member could be a problematic conflict of
interest and supporting the adoption of some kind
of
guidelines to guard against this
> >
> >
> > Sole email disagreeing this kind of hiring would
> be
> > problematic
____________________________________________________________________________________
Be a better
friend, newshound, and
know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
_______________________________________________
foundation-l mailing list
foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe:
_______________________________________________
foundation-l mailing list
foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe:
____________________________________________________________________________________
Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page.