In a message dated 12/30/2007 6:41:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, Anthere9(a)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 **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)