[Foundation-l] Will the Board accept the election result?

The Cunctator cunctator at gmail.com
Sun Jul 8 16:40:50 UTC 2007


On 7/8/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> I have not. The simple fact is that the Board has acted as a "working
> Board" for about half a year. It would not be appropriate and legally
> dangerous for me to discuss publicly the circumstances of Brad's and
> Danny's resignations, conflicts on the staff level, and so forth. If I
> have been re-elected, I hope the expected shift of the Board's role to
> strategic matters and the stabilization of the organization will allow
> me to instigate public discussions more frequently.

WMF would almost definitely be better off in the long run if it were
more transparent about Brad and Danny's resignations.

It might be embarassing, but more information is generally better for
the long term health of a community.



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