[Foundation-l] It Has Begun Re: Appropriate surprise (Commons stuff)

[Pedro Sanchez]

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy at gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> Here here.
>
> 300+ users have ordered the removal of Jimbo's founder powers.  Not
> some of those powers, not half of those powers, ALL of those powers.
> He doesn't get to negotiate his own remedies-- the community wants
> doesn't want him to play the founder role.
>
> He has disrupted the project and damaged our reputation far more than
> any measely porn story ever could have, and he broke all our rules in
> the process, and the community has ruled.
>
> The *only* sane response for the board to this is for them to say:
>   "Pursuant to consensus, Jimbo Wales powers are revoked"
>
> But if they're not going to say that, they might as well say "Jimbo
> Wales is more important than the entirety of the commmunity, and if
> you have a problem with that, go away".      Call the board together,
> have a nice vote, and give Jimbo his project back, dissolve the
> foundation, and let the rest of us be on our way.
>
> Any statements in between are only going to add to the crisis.   It's
> community vs jimbo day.  WE hoped this day would never come, but it's
> here.   Who trumps who?   The board needs to decide in no uncertain
> terms and enforce its decision.
>
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I've argued in the past that founder flag is anachronic and has to go.
But this black-white, us-or-them rethoric is nonsense. This is not a war
jimbo vs community (as much as you'd like to present this) and it's a
sophomoric way to carry a thoughtful debate where main point is that
community has enough maturity to take high level decisions.

This is not Jimbo the tyrant vs poor community. Please.