On 14/12/2007, Mike Godwin mgodwin@wikimedia.org wrote:
I agree that the Board should generally disclose as much as it is legally able to do so.
Unfortunately, the Board (or, at least, certain individuals on the board) does not seem to agree. There are numerous instances of the board refusing to reveal certain information for non-legal reasons, and that's just the cases where member's of the community have known enough to know there was a question to ask.
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but to my knowledge there is no law against stating that there a legal reasons for not disclosing something. The board could have said "There are certain issues regarding Carolyn Doran and her departure which we cannot discuss for legal reasons." That way the board remains transparent while still obeying the law.