[Wikimedia-l] WMUA chapter mailing list switched to 'read-only' mode

[Pavlo Shevelo]

According to WMUA Board decision [1] from now on (today morning) and for
unlimited time period the one and only WMUA chapter mailing list [
WikimediaUA]  [2] (which is very much like [Wikimedia-I]) is switched to
read-only mode for all community members but Board (7 persons) and Audit
Committee (+3 persons), who saved full access for them.

It's like conversion of [Wikimedia-l] into [WikimediaAnnounce-l], but with
much more severe (only for WMF Board announcements) limitations.

Interestingly (if somebody prefer) that moderators of [WikimediaUA] mailing
list from the times long before the said ruling are:
* 2 Board members (Board Chair and Executive director)
and
* 1 member of Audit Committee.
All moderators were appointed (no elections!) by ...Board decision.

As for now my question is pretty simple: is there any precedents known,
when chapter Board do some alike rulings? Does it seems appropriate?

If anybody will be interested in context (bigger picture etc.) that is why
it was done so (including formal and real causes & motivations), this
person will have to go deep into struggle:

* for openness ('clearness') of the WMUA Board;
* against unethical (and so, in that meaning immoral) behaviour of some
of WMUA Board members
* ...etc.

and [3] and [4] are some entry points for that ...'deepness'.

Sincerely,

Pavlo Shevelo
(my WPnick is the same :))

[1]
http://ua.wikimedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%E2%84%9626/2013_%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_18_%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%BD%D1%8F_2013

[2] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaua
[3] See the Talk page for [1]
[4]
http://ua.wikimedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B0:%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8#.D0.A9.D0.BE.D0.B4.D0.BE_.D1.80.D1.96.D1.88.D0.B5.D0.BD.D0.BD.D1.8F_.D0.9F.D1.80.D0.B0.D0.B2.D0.BB.D1.96.D0.BD.D0.BD.D1.8F_.E2.84.9626.2F2013_.D0.B2.D1.96.D0.B4_18_.D1.81.D0.B5.D1.80.D0.BF.D0.BD.D1.8F_2013

Sorry, all references are in Ukrainian (with Ukrainian titles, that's why
URLs are so long) but Google translate works reasonably well to give the
idea, at least for [1], which is most important