In a message dated 12/30/2007 6:41:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, Anthere9@yahoo.com writes:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/October_6-7%2C_2007
Thank you for posting the board minutes. It was very helpful toward understanding the inner workings of the Foundation.
There are, however, a few things I do not understand and perhaps you can clarify:
4) Employees elected to the Board Brief discussion about whether there should be a waiting period for former employees / former Board members interested in running in a Board election or becoming part of the staff. * Jan-Bart, Erik, Frieda, Florence: symmetrical 6 months waiting period
1. I suppose this was in response to my election bid, shortly after resigning. I am curious as to how four board members, including Erik, could support this, and yet Erik could be appointed to a paid position just two months later, with no waiting period whatsoever.
2. It seems that Erik, as a Board member helped to review Sue's performance as a member of the ED Committee. I can only assume that the idea of appointing him Deputy Director and the mechanics of obtaining him a work visa had not yet begun. Has he since been replaced on that Committee, and on the Committee to find a Treasurer for the Board?
Danny
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On 12/30/07, daniwo59@aol.com daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
- It seems that Erik, as a Board member helped to review Sue's performance
as a member of the ED Committee. I can only assume that the idea of appointing him Deputy Director and the mechanics of obtaining him a work visa had not yet begun.
That's correct. Sue first floated the idea with me in late October.
Best, Erik
I find it odd that you managed to obtain a work visa in just a matter of weeks in this post 9/11 country in which we've been told by the State Department time and again to "get your passport and visa applications in early, there's a lot of backlog and it can take several months."
Not to say anything's out of line legally with your passport, it just strikes me as a bit rushed, given the apparent timing of this original job offer and the already confirmed (in the "Erik's New Job" thread, someone mentioned it) work visa you have.
For Freedom of Information, Chad H.
On Dec 30, 2007 7:15 AM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 12/30/07, daniwo59@aol.com daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
- It seems that Erik, as a Board member helped to review Sue's performance
as a member of the ED Committee. I can only assume that the idea of appointing him Deputy Director and the mechanics of obtaining him a work visa had not yet begun.
That's correct. Sue first floated the idea with me in late October.
Best, Erik
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