[Foundation-l] Board officers elected; Anthere is Chair!

[James Hare]

It's like how you have some sort of de facto leadership over Wikinews, right
Erik?

(Pardon me if this statement explodes into a huge debate about Erik's role,
which BY THE WAY is indeed recognized.)

On 11/1/06, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> On 11/1/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A shift in power. With the change in board positions the last
> > justification for his past role is gone. Arbcom's power comes from the
> > community not from jimbo. You know this. Thus the community should as
> > much as posible be the final abitor of arbcoms membership.
>
> This is not a WMF issue - it's an en.wp issue. If you want to question
> Jimbo's role there, take it to wikien-l, please. Jimmy's community
> role is not an official Wikimedia Foundation role.
>
> There has been some confusion about this in the past; we've discussed
> it at the Board retreat. In the future it will be much clearer when
> the Board makes any kind of official decision regarding the projects
> (which will probably be very rare). Otherwise, what Jimmy can and
> cannot do as a community member is up to each community to figure out.
> --
> Peace & Love,
> Erik
>
> Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
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