[Foundation-l] Will the Board accept the election result?

[Florence Devouard]

GerardM wrote:
> Hoi,
> When he resigned, Danny indicated that he would give his reasons for his
> walking away from a job at the time of the elections. The elections have
> come and gone and there has been no word by Danny.The result will be
> whatever the elections bring, I doubt very much that Danny will become more
> open about this.

Sorry, but this is incorrect. Danny first made it clear that he 
considered the board was micromanaging him and it was not acceptable 
from his view. Indeed, it is a valid reason to resign. When an employee 
is not happy with his job any more, and does not see signs of 
improvement, the best choice might be to resign.
This said, working boards are not an exception, they are pretty 
frequent, in particular in small organizations. It is certainly not 
illegal either. A "working board" was fine 3 years ago when the 
organization was created. It is no more suitable today.

Second, Danny's platform tagline was "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?".
Danny's indicated he wanted to establish genuine fiduciary 
responsibility, as he believes that current board members are failing on 
this.

I think the first point is moot anyway.
As for the second, if he is elected, I certainly hope that Danny will be 
more open and more factual.

ant

When he is elected, those who voted for him will not be
> able to undo their vote. When he is not elected it is not relevant any more.
> 
> Typically the reason why these things are confidential is because it
> protects the people involved. They have a need to continue their career.
> Brad has gone his way and all there is to be said publicly has been said.
> Danny chose to make it part of his platform and has so far not done as he
> promised. When he is not voted in, it will be a good thing not to insist on
> this disclosure as he will have to get on with his life.

> Thanks,
>      GerardM
> 
> On 7/8/07, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 7/8/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>> I have not. The simple fact is that the Board has acted as a "working
>>> Board" for about half a year. It would not be appropriate and legally
>>> dangerous for me to discuss publicly the circumstances of Brad's and
>>> Danny's resignations, conflicts on the staff level, and so forth. If I
>>> have been re-elected, I hope the expected shift of the Board's role to
>>> strategic matters and the stabilization of the organization will allow
>>> me to instigate public discussions more frequently.
>> WMF would almost definitely be better off in the long run if it were
>> more transparent about Brad and Danny's resignations.
>>
>> It might be embarassing, but more information is generally better for
>> the long term health of a community.
>>
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