Wikimedia is still a democracy, even if the people running it aren't ..as someone pointed out above, he was selected by over 1800 "contributors" and i have personally seen him make 'minor' mistakes, none justifying why he was removed.. This is quite unbecoming of an organisation that prides itself on its community, only to remove one of its community-elected board members without any justification whatsoever......still waiting....I doubt any of us will be fond of having another elections until we find out why James was removed in the first place..