[Foundation-l] Recent resolutions posted

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Sat Nov 3 14:57:52 UTC 2007


On 03/11/2007, River Tarnell <river at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Thomas Dalton:
> > If a member of the board does not have complete confidence in the
> > chair, that's a serious problem, and I think trying to keep that quiet
> > can only exacerbate the problem.
>
> If Erik did not believe Ant was a suitable board member, I can only assume he
> would have voted against the resolution instead of abstaining.  An abstention
> is not a negative vote.

"Abstain" generally means "Oppose, but I don't want to cause a fuss".



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