[Foundation-l] Recent resolutions posted

[Marc Riddell]

on 11/3/07 9:57 AM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton at gmail.com wrote:

> 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".
> 
Could he possibly mean "recuse" instead of "abstain"?

Marc