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

[GerardM]

Hoi,
In his mail dated 22 March Danny states: "That said, at present, I am
unwilling to discuss the reasons for my resignation from the WMF office
team." and also "I would also like to announce that I plan on running for
the Board of Trustees in the June elections for the seats currently held by
Kat, Oscar, and Erik."

Anthere, it may have been clear to you because of your involvement .. it is
not clear at all to me. It is particularly unclear because of the way he
behaved. When this is all the reason for his resignation I would not have
been bothered by his candidacy. It would have been largely irrelevant. Now
it seems like a person who runs because he has an axe to grind. People who
run for negative reasons deserve all the opposition they can get.

Thanks,
     GerardM

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2007-March/028398.html

On 7/8/07, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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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