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> I was recently involved in the interviews for the position of Chair
> of a large body (much bigger than Wikimedia UK). This was a public
> appointment, since the body is funded by government funds (but it
> is not a registered charity).
>
> Every candidate was asked the same question (at the end of the
> interview). I paraphrase....
>
> "Is there anything in your past which, if were it to come to light,
> would harm yourself or this organisation?"
>
> I believe this is standard practice for public appointments.
Unfortunately the WCA did not do so when electing its chair. Fae failed to
warn those present that he was the subject of an Arbcom case which had
reached its proposed decision stage that already had substantial support
for a number of motions critical of him. The ban proposal didn't yet exist
but any Signpost article on the WCA meeting would still have been likely
to have been overshadowed by the case.
By allowing Fae to go ahead in having himself put forward as chair of the
WCA, the Chief Executive and Trustees of WMUK have already scored an own
goal as far as future relations with other Chapters are concerned.