[Foundation-l] Erik's New Job

[Nathan Awrich]

On the other hand, having a member of the community with a good
relationship with the trustees involved in day to day operations is of
significant value in and of itself. Its possible it could create some
difficulties (e.g. he now reports to someone who reports to the Board,
so adjusting to that difference could be an issue) but I see no reason
not to give Erik and the Board the benefit of the doubt in this
situation. As long as they do a background check!

On Dec 18, 2007 1:03 PM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> I see what you're saying. At the same time, I'm wondering if it is legal for
> Erik to work within the United States. Nothing on the qualifications for a
> work visa page seems to jump out at me, unless I'm missing something.
>
> http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1323.html
>
> -Chad
>
>
> On Dec 18, 2007 12:52 PM, Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > --- Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Allow me to be the first to say "What the hell?" Am
> > > I the only one who
> > > is absolutely outraged by this? We hear Erik call
> > > for transparency and
> > > openness, yet he gets hired for a position there was
> > > no announcement
> > > about? I call BS.
> > >
> > > -Chad H.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > While "outraged" is rather strong, I am also surprised
> > by the situation considering the previous discussion
> > about the problematic conflict in interest that would
> > arise if a board member were to be hired by WMF
> > immediately after their departure.  [1]  I suppose the
> > exact nature of Erik's hire shows that such
> > discussions on this mailing rather than being taken to
> > heart as feedback from the community about the spirit
> > of WMF's operations are instead being used as an
> > outline for how to game the community.  After all Erik
> > was not hired by *the board*  So I suppose all these
> > previously expressed objections just don't apply in
> > this case ;)
> >
> > Birgitte SB
> >
> >
> > [1]Emails agreeing that an immediate hire of a former
> > board member could be a problematic conflict of
> > interest and supporting the adoption of some kind of
> > guidelines to guard against this
> > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-July/031814.html
> > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-July/031814.html
> > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-July/031846.html
> > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-July/031867.html
> > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-July/031908.html
> >
> >
> > Sole email disagreeing this kind of hiring would be
> > problematic
> > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-July/031862.html
> >
> >
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