Philippe -
Well - one of the things is - from all public indication from the BoT - it doesn't appear that it's their current inclination to do something like commission an outside review of the situation by a consultancy familiar with Florida NPO governance. I definitely don't want to pronounce early judgement, but both public and private conversations have made me think that this situation is worth a formal investigation, and allegations of potentially intentionally withholding relevant documents from sitting trustees just make me think even more than an outside review is appropriate. I hate wasting $20 or $40k of movement money on such a review, but since, if substantiated and not resolved, thes allegations could be so damaging to Wikimedia, I unfortunately think it's necessary unless James speaks out against the idea.
Best, KG
On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 9:56 PM, Philippe Beaudette philippe@beaudette.me wrote:
again, i disagree with little (if any) of what you say that. I don’t agree with the characterization, prior to any sort of investigation, that something was absolutely wrong. We don’t KNOW what’s gone on, is my point.
So let’s not speculate until and unless an investigation is completed - and probably not then either.
pb
On Jan 2, 2016, at 9:54 PM, Comet styles cometstyles@gmail.com wrote:
I'm quite aware of what James was trying to achieve (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Doc_James/Foundation) and I'm fully in support of his ideas so if whatever he did was related to one of those he mentions on the link, then its quite understandable why right now I'm on his side and not on the the other side...5 of whom the community did not appoint (or trusts) and one who is there by 'default'
The issue is not what James did, it was the drastic step taken and above all the silence in relation to this from the 'BoT' which has become quite deafening..When you fire someone and them make a statement regarding it and why, we all would have accepted it and possibly fought it if we had found it unjustified..but when you fire someone and then run back into the hole...what are we to assume?..Its too early to start an investigation since no one is forthcoming...so speculation and allegations are the only things left... I'm not angry, I personally don't care but I have seen too much nonsense by the hierarchy over the last 5 years to allow another one to be swept under the rug under the veil of "privacy" ...
-- Cometstyles
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