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Tito Dutta

28 Dec 28 Dec

10:54 p.m.

On Dec 28th 2015 I was removed from the board of the Wikimedia Foundation.

I don't know the reason. . . anyway, good wishes.:) On 29 December 2015 at 04:13, James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Dec 28th 2015 I was removed from the board of the Wikimedia Foundation. Many thanks to all those who gave me their support during the last election. I have worked in the last six month to honor the trust placed in me by advocating for our values, communities, and projects. Sincerely James Heilman -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Milos Rancic

11:20 p.m.

This is not good. I suppose Board will give us an explanation of what happened, so we could discuss it here. On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 11:59 PM, Kevin Gorman <kgorman(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Dr James, thank you for your work in Wikimedia governance (and for that matter, management so far.) I really hope a full, thoughtful, and defensible statement in support of his decision will be coming from the rest of the board shortly. I'm a little bit disturbed to see a respected community member who was elected with a significant mandate removed from the board without there being something like allegations of financial malfeasance, etc, involved. The Wikimedia Foundation board does (literally) directly control the projects, and does (literally) directly have the ability to appoint and dismiss board members at its will, but I would hope that such power would be exercised with extreme discretion, especially with regards to a community member generally as well-respected and with as solid judgement as Dr. James has. --- Kevin Gorman On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 2:43 PM, James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Dec 28th 2015 I was removed from the board of the Wikimedia Foundation. Many thanks to all those who gave me their support during the last election. I have worked in the last six month to honor the trust placed in me by advocating for our values, communities, and projects. Sincerely James Heilman -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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SarahSV

11:17 p.m.

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 3:43 PM, James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Dec 28th 2015 I was removed from the board of the Wikimedia Foundation. Many thanks to all those who gave me their support during the last election. I have worked in the last six month to honor the trust placed in me by advocating for our values, communities, and projects. Sincerely James Heilman

James, this is disappointing. Can you say more about what happened? Sarah

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Fæ

11:33 p.m.

Anyone who has worked with James on the projects will know how seriously committed he is to open knowledge and that he is held in the highest regard by the community for his achievements and character. Losing him from the WMF board is a severe blow for fellow volunteers. With James voted in as a trustee to rely on to ask the hard questions on governance, I thought that the endless cycle of "moving forward" rhetoric on delivering improvement and transparency now had some true substance behind it. James, whatever went on behind this, always trust in your own judgement, focus on what really matters, and KBO.[1] The WMF has managed to publicly shoot the cat. 1. It was good enough for Churchill and a pinch of stoicism might be needed at this time. Fae On 28 Dec 2015 23:17, "SarahSV" <sarahsv.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 3:43 PM, James Heilman <jmh649(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Dec 28th 2015 I was removed from the board of the Wikimedia

Foundation.

Many thanks to all those who gave me their support during the last election. I have worked in the last six month to honor the trust placed

in

me by advocating for our values, communities, and projects. Sincerely James Heilman

James, this is disappointing. Can you say more about what happened? Sarah _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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John Mark Vandenberg

29 Dec 29 Dec

2:17 a.m.

Surely there must be a board resolution that needs to be pubished regarding this? On 29 Dec 2015 9:44 am, "James Heilman" <jmh649(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Dec 28th 2015 I was removed from the board of the Wikimedia Foundation. Many thanks to all those who gave me their support during the last election. I have worked in the last six month to honor the trust placed in me by advocating for our values, communities, and projects. Sincerely James Heilman -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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John Mark Vandenberg

2:24 a.m.

Nod. Found it. :/ https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:James_Heilman_Removal On 29 Dec 2015 1:21 pm, "Nathan" <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:17 PM, John Mark Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Surely there must be a board resolution that needs to be pubished

regarding

this?

It was published. It contains no information beyond the OP. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Vinicius Siqueira

2:31 a.m.

This is an unprecedented and very serious situation. We wait for good reasons from the Board to decide for this extreme measure. Vini On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 12:27 AM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:

It was published. It contains no information beyond the OP.

Well, it contains a bit more -- it clarifies that his removal also ends his terms on various committees, and -- rather significant, I think -- it states the names of which Trustees voted which way. https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:James_Heilman_Removal -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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