I think the Foundation owes the community a complete and detailed explanation of the facts surrounding the pre-employment check, hiring and resignation/dismissal of Ms. Carolyn Doran. The community assumes that the Board operates in good faith, but that faith must be upheld by the Board through disclosure of information material to the community. And assuming that the Board believed that the community did not need to be involved in this situation, surely the interview between the Register and Mike Godwin alerted them to the fact that press coverage was inevitable in the near future. If it were me, I would have wanted to get out in front of that story.
~Nathan
I presume the press coverage Nathan refers to is this article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon/
- Jeremy
2007/12/14, Nathan Awrich nawrich@gmail.com:
I think the Foundation owes the community a complete and detailed explanation of the facts surrounding the pre-employment check, hiring and resignation/dismissal of Ms. Carolyn Doran. The community assumes that the Board operates in good faith, but that faith must be upheld by the Board through disclosure of information material to the community. And assuming that the Board believed that the community did not need to be involved in this situation, surely the interview between the Register and Mike Godwin alerted them to the fact that press coverage was inevitable in the near future. If it were me, I would have wanted to get out in front of that story.
~Nathan
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FYI - Also being developed at Wikinews:
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Chief_Operating_Officer_of_Wikimedia_Foundation_...
Justin
On Dec 13, 2007 11:06 PM, Jeremy Tobacman tobacman@gmail.com wrote:
I presume the press coverage Nathan refers to is this article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon/
- Jeremy
2007/12/14, Nathan Awrich nawrich@gmail.com:
I think the Foundation owes the community a complete and detailed explanation of the facts surrounding the pre-employment check, hiring and resignation/dismissal of Ms. Carolyn Doran. The community assumes that the Board operates in good faith, but that faith must be upheld by the Board through disclosure of information material to the community. And assuming that the Board believed that the community did not need to be involved in this situation, surely the interview between the Register and Mike Godwin alerted them to the fact that press coverage was inevitable in the near future. If it were me, I would have wanted to get out in front of that story.
~Nathan
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2007/12/14, Justin Senseney jsensene@umd.edu:
FYI - Also being developed at Wikinews:
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Chief_Operating_Officer_of_Wikimedia_Foundation_...
Justin
On Dec 13, 2007 11:06 PM, Jeremy Tobacman tobacman@gmail.com wrote:
I presume the press coverage Nathan refers to is this article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/13/wikimedia_coo_convicted_felon/
- Jeremy
2007/12/14, Nathan Awrich nawrich@gmail.com:
I think the Foundation owes the community a complete and detailed explanation of the facts surrounding the pre-employment check, hiring and resignation/dismissal of Ms. Carolyn Doran. The community assumes that the Board operates in good faith, but that faith must be upheld by the Board through disclosure of information material to the community. And assuming that the Board believed that the community did not need to be involved in this situation, surely the interview between the Register and Mike Godwin alerted them to the fact that press coverage was inevitable in the near future. If it were me, I would have wanted to get out in front of that story.
~Nathan
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Imho the Foundation doesn't owe anything to the community... This affair is a massive foolishness!
Nick
On 14/12/2007, Nicolò Zamperini nick1915@gmail.com wrote:
Imho the Foundation doesn't owe anything to the community.
It wouldn't exist if not for the community.
This affair is a massive foolishness!
Given the position the foundation was in at the time it is understandable that mistakes would have been made and little actual damage appears to have been done.
2007/12/14, geni geniice@gmail.com:
On 14/12/2007, Nicolò Zamperini nick1915@gmail.com wrote:
Imho the Foundation doesn't owe anything to the community.
It wouldn't exist if not for the community.
This affair is a massive foolishness!
Given the position the foundation was in at the time it is understandable that mistakes would have been made and little actual damage appears to have been done.
-- geni
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I mean, all the "The Register" case is a massive foolishness... Isn't there anything else more interesting to write about?
Nick
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