It is in the spirit of the Wikimedia movement that different projects and communities within the movement make decisions independently, and decisions on one project need not affect another. Therefore, I'm with David and many others in the opinion that the en.wp arbcom ban need not imply that Fæ must step down as WMUK chair.
However, if Fæ does remain as WMUK chair, we will inevitably be making a stance of antagonism towards en.wp. The Chapters Association can afford to take such a stance because it's a multicultural association and few in its active community are heavily involved with en.wp; but with en.wp being the single largest Wikimedia project WMUK members also participate in, we might want to rethink.
A board resolution or an EGM reconfirmation vote will let us make ourselves clear as to whether we want to say "screw you en.wp arbcom, we love Fæ", or "we want to be nice, be risk-averse, and avoid a PR crisis". However, we as WMUK must make our position clear on this. Not taking a stance would be the worst PR disaster we can create for ourselves at this point.
Deryck
On 25 July 2012 23:12, David Gerard
<dgerard@gmail.com> wrote:
It should be kept in mind that the en:wp arbcom is pretty much batshit
insane these days. Hooking WMUK's fortunes to said body strikes me as
ill-advised.
- d.