First, the Board sent the ball on Wikicouncil back to the Community, then the Board made community elected seats a minority. Because of our principles, we attract a lot of people who are suspicious of authoritarian structures. This move seems kind of authoritarian.
----- Original Message ---- From: George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 4:50:40 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Board-announcement: Board Restructuring
Yes, that's clear and evident from the discussion.
The question is - Why?
The reaction is out of proportion to the proposal.
-george william herbert
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Geoffrey Plourde geo.plrd@yahoo.com wrote:
People are afraid that the Board is forgetting why it exists.
----- Original Message ---- From: George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 3:19:02 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Board-announcement: Board Restructuring
I am somewhat perturbed by the reaction here.
Perhaps this was not the best approach for the Board to restructure its membership, but to leap from that to the assumed bad faith a number of participants here have expressed is highly disturbing.
This has not been an episode of healthy skepticism. I assume that everyone has the overall projects' best interests in mind, but the level of distrust is disturbing, and does not evidently stem primarily or originally from the actual chapters select two of the board members proposal.
Why has this been simmering off in the wings? What are people actually upset about?
-- -george william herbert george.herbert@gmail.com
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