Sorry; I have been away without internet so only just able to turn my attention to this.

I am probably talking to the wind anyway as, sadly, our community seems a little thin at the moment.. (as thin as our books ;)) but nevertheless.

I can appreciate that the board is on difficult territory due to confidentiality (sigh!) but I think this is a serious matter that needs to be understood. Namely why the board allowed such an expensive out-of-budget spend when finances were in flux (and now emerge to be very problematic). It seems a little negligent to not find a way to take this expenditure into the next financial year where it could be budgeted.

As has emerged in the last few weeks D'arcy is clearly a "transitional" CEO (aka downsizing, re-organisation, whatever it is PC to call it :)) so it is clear the board understood the financial situation going into this transition. Why was this not communicated and discussed prior to the December board meeting? In fact, the community seems to have been explicitly cut out of this process (e.g. cancellation of the strategy day, which would have presented a suitable opportunity to discuss these challenges).

I feel the board owes the community an explanation of the sequence of events over the previous months. Particularly how we have gone from the high of hosting Wikimania to the low that is March 2015. Ultimately the board holds responsibility for these matters and so surely its in their remit to communicate with the community.

Cheers,

Tom