New subject: Open letter: Issues needing addressing by the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees

29 Feb 2016

Chris, I think you are misreading something that I wrote. 

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  On 2/28/16 1:03 AM, Chris Sherlock wrote: 
  The Jimmy sent an email to the mailing list: 

  It was written at a time when there were efforts
underway by 
 Patricio to get James to agree to a joint statement. It is an 
 encouragement to James to be honest with the community about what 
 happened. It is not a full explanation of what happened - he 
 already knew that.   
 And yet, when he was advised by James that in fact that effort was 
 spearheaded by James and not Patricio, he turns around and states 
 that he didn’t know as he wasn’t involved.   
 Both of those things are true. I knew they were talking, I didn't know who who
initiated it.  
Yes, but you need to be more clear. At the risk of playing semantic games, your exact
words here are “efforts underway *by Patricio* to *get James to agree* to a joint
statement. 

You are implying here that the effort was all on Patricio’s side, which has nothing to do
with who initiated the conversation. I’m sure you didn’t mean that, but nonetheless you’ve
said it now. 

Given that the Board asked James to leave their meeting, you wouldn’t be able to clarify a
point that’s been puzzling me for some time?

1. When James was made to leave, then did anyone tell him that there was going to be a
joint or prepared statement from the WMF? 
2. If so, did anyone ask James not to email the mailing list? And why did you feel that
was so inappropriate? 
3. Please help me in understanding - do you feel that Chatham House Rules must apply in
the removal of an executive even to the point they are unable to announce their own
departure? 

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   Jimmy has just
now written 
 that it was the Wikimedia Foundation that “encouraged [him] to be 
 honest with the community”.   
 No, I said that I wrote him a personal letter to that effect. 
I follow, the mistake here is mine. I apologise for getting that wrong. 

Jimmy, will you respond to some of the other points I made? In particular, what you wrote
to James was dreadful. Even if you feel that his actions were wrong, surely you can see
that your inflammatory words are unbecoming of someone of your stature within the
Wikimedia Foundation? 

There are a lot of other questions that have been asked, but that would be a reasonable
start. I don’t think you quite grasp how many people were shocked at the way you dealt
with James when he was removed. 

Chris

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