WilliamH, I implore you to reconsider for the time being at least. It would benefit us all if you were to work towards getting an EGM to discuss this matter. http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_EGM_2012 If the EGM does not occur then nothing can be gained. The call has only recently gone out tonight and within a short space of time I expect that the petition will pass. Consider it a last act if the EGM does not finish to your own liking but help the membership have the discussion it needs to have given Fae's refusal to step down. I am sure others on this list unhappy with the situation would agree. Seddon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 01:12:44 +0100 From: william.wiki.admin(a)gmail.com To: jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk; wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A message from Wikimedia UK Thanks Jon. Please terminate my membership of WMUK. This is not without regret, as my own personal albeit scant interactions with Fae have been wholly positive, and WMUK has always come across as very professional in its dealings with me. But, of a group promoting the editing of Wikipedia whose chairman is banned from editing, I find my membership and indeed the nature of the arrangement itself, completely incompatible. I hope I can rejoin at a later date. William Henderson. User:WilliamH On 1 August 2012 18:50, Jon Davies, Wikimedia UK < jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote: Dear William, There have recently been some articles in the media about our Chairman, Ashley Van Haeften. We have published a response to the articles on our blog, which you can view here<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=616&qid=180715> . If you have any questions or comments, please email our Chief Executive, Jon Davies, at jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk. On behalf of Wikimedia UK, Jon Davies Chief Executive Wikimedia UK ------------------------------ Follow us on Twitter: @Wikipedia<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=617&qid=180715> @WikimediaUK<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=618&qid=180715> [image: Wikimedia UK logo] This message is from Wikimedia UK<http://uk.wikimedia.org>,a charity which exists to support the spread of free and open knowledge. Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Charity registered in England and Wales (1144513)) and Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales (6741827). The Registered Office address is: 56-64 Leonard Street London EC2A 4LT United Kingdom To unsubscribe from our emails, please follow this link.<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/mailing/optout&reset=1&jid=435&qid=180715&h=e6ae3d0e51d7c0b7> Our Privacy Policy** <https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=619&qid=180715> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

I see that the EGM call has been closed as unsuccessful. Do calls like that have a legal expiry date based on their opening, or was it just considered stale?

I find it odd that Ashley grasped the incompatibility of his position before the rest of the board did, and more to the point, that they only did grasp it after he stepped down.

Because the blog post response to The Daily Telegraph article wrote that "“The Board is united in the view that this decision does not affect his role as a Trustee of the charity." Then again my conclusion was only an inference based on a sequence of events. I take it you still stand by that comment?

Yes, all Trustees have to maintain standards of probity. Gordo

If this starts into something please can you move this to private conversation rather than a public one with hundreds of people copied in please? Thanks