As I've said directly on the blog post I personally appreciate that the board is willing to acknowledge that mistakes have been made and understand that damage has been caused.

It is very hard for the board to go into any details while the review is ongoing. That will inevitably come up with detailed findings and recommendations and the board will have an opportunity to respond in detail at that stage. Particularly if there is a range of views on the board, I don't see the point of going into detail at the moment.

As I've mentioned before, I do hope the board agree to publish the terms of reference so the community can start to have a conversation about the detail before waiting for the review to complete.

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton@gmail.com> wrote:
The board needs to learn how to write a statement that actually says
something...

Apologising for mistakes is meaningless if you don't acknowledge what
those mistakes are. This statement comes across as defensive and empty
of actual content.

What have you done wrong? What are you doing about fixing the problems
caused by those mistakes and making sure similar mistakes don't happen
again? That's what people want to know. If you want to wait until the
review is complete before going into details, then say that. Don't
post this kind of meaningless drivel.

On 13 October 2012 19:43, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
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> I thought I'd drop you a line to let you know that Wikimedia UK has just
> published its latest blog post. The post is a message to our community from
> the Board of Trustees.
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> You can find the blog post at
> http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/10/a-message-from-the-wikimedia-uk-board/
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> As ever, please do feel free to get in touch with your comments.
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