[Foundation-l] RE; Announcing Philippe Beaudette as the Strategy Project Facilitator

[geni]

2009/7/19 Philippe Beaudette <pbeaudette at wikimedia.org>:
> Thanks, Jaroslav -
>
> I'm really glad (truly) that there are people like you who think
> through those issues of values.  I want to reinforce that my offer to
> resign was the very first email that I sent after accepting the job.
> I think enough of the folks with the Really Big Brains got together
> and the rest, as they say, is history.
>
> But please, please, please, continue to question.  More important than
> getting our process right is getting our ethics right.

The extension of the time in which candidates can nominate themselves
is not under the control of a third party. Something that so clearly
has the potential to influence the candidate pool presents a conflict
of interest. Sue's claim it would be hard to find a replacement is not
credible considering the number of OTRS, Checkusers and others who
have identified themselves to the foundation.


When you made the decision not th resign I doubt you could have
foreseen the extension issue coming up but it does suggest that
conflict of interest resignations should probably be a matter of
course rather than debate or convince.

-- 
geni