Quoting jayjg jayjg99@gmail.com:
David and Guy, both Paul August (in the ANI subpage) and Mackensen (on
the
Proposed Decisions talk page) have stated that Arbcom did *not* receive
a
copy of the list post; it appears that many members of Arbcom first saw Durova's post when Giano published it on ANI.
The Arbitration Committee list was forwarded a copy of the list post with the express permission of Durova *well before* Giano posted it to AN/I.
The post was forwarded *four days* after the original block -- only *hours* before Giano posted it on AN/I.
Sorry, you're right, it was only hours before Giano's posting. I mistook PM for AM. In any event, the ArbCom list did get Durova's posting, with her permission, so the claim that Giano needed to post it is not accurate.
While it would clearly have been better for Giano to forward the email to the ArbCom rather than post, such a short distance between when the ArbCom got the email and when Giano posted it does appear to be a relevant mitigating factor.