[Foundation-l] Hiring of Interim Executive Director and Legal Counsel

Robert Scott Horning robert_horning at netzero.net
Mon Jun 12 22:21:13 UTC 2006


Jimmy Wales wrote:

>Following a long discussion, both publicly and privately, the board of
>the foundation voted recently to hire an interim Executive Director and
>legal counsel.  We offered the position to Brad Patrick, and he
>accepted.  We have discussed at length the parameters of the
>position, including job responsibilities, and so on.  (This has been
>posted and discussed publicly as well.)
>
>
>--Jimbo
>  
>
Of the various candidates I would consider, this seems like a very good 
one to me.  I support the decision, and the idea of having a lawyer in 
the loop as most of the issues facing the WMF outside of editing 
challenges seem to be mainly legal anyway.  I'm sure he will do a good job.

-- 
Robert Scott Horning






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