I don't disagree that we need an explanation not only of his actions, but
also on how he was selected without this being disclosed to existing
trustees, but even at a show trial it's usually considered necessary to
allow the accused to say a few words in their own defense. I'll be
reserving my judgement until I hear his side of the story (or he declines
to provide one).
Cheers,
Craig
On 10 January 2016 at 03:51, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
... and the court papers, and the smoking gun
documents, and ...
This is the sort of thing that needs some serious explaining. Assume
good faith, but we're starting from some pretty *startling*
circumstances and evidence here.
- d.
On 9 January 2016 at 09:19, Craig Franklin <cfranklin(a)halonetwork.net>
wrote:
Chris,
Thanks for saying that. I'd also add that while the situation with
Arrnon
looks damning on the face of it, I'm a little
disappointed that people
are
breaking out the pitchforks based purely on media
reports, before he has
a
chance to present his own side of the story and
before Dariusz and the
others can properly look into the matter. I also think that some of the
more 'excitable' commentary on this list in the past couple of weeks is
more likely to push the trustees away than get us the explanations we
want. Yes, what is happening is deeply concerning, but lets not all lose
our heads.
Cheers,
Craig
On 9 January 2016 at 19:06, Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> > I suspect they need a few days, based on past experiences. To dig into
> the
> > matter, and prepare an answer
>
> Quite, and thanks for saying that Lodewijk.
>
> In my view, the WMF board's top priority has to be the issues about
> strategy, leadership and staff morale that are being made public now.
It is
> in everyone's interests that these issues
get sorted out and some key
parts
> of the solution have to happen in private.
>
> I am sure that the Board have invested a huge amount of time and energy
in
> these issues already. Unless you have been on
the board of an
organisation
> that's gone through a serious problem
it's difficult to appreciate the
> pressure this creates. I have, and I would urge everyone to take a deep
> breath and think before emailing. It's worth repeating that Board
members
> are all volunteers with jobs and families and
what's more are trying to
> coordinate between three different continents.
>
> In particular hundred-email threads on this list where everyone
speculates
> and demands answers to their particular
questions (and some people
> downright stir the shit) are less than helpful - a board member who
spends
> 5 hours a week on WMF business could easily
spend that just reading all
the
> emails....
>
> Dariusz has said the Board is looking into the situation with Arnnon,
which
> they were clearly not aware of - that is what
needs to happen and yet
more
emails on
this list won't mean that happens any more quickly.
Regards,
Chris Keating
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