Ok - I would be really surprised if WMF have discussed
Google in their
executive sessions either - given the difficulties around staff and
strategy they probably haven't had five minutes to mention Google, even if
they wanted to. So the most economical hypothesis is that the reason Denny
hasn't recused himself is because the subject hasn't come up.
I would agree that board members should step aside from discussions about
anything that will have a commercial impact on their employers, though I
don't quite understand how Wikidata affects Google's bottom line and so
can't work out how this might be a conflict - can anyone explain this? Or
indeed what the "Knowledge Engine" actually is?
Regards,
Chris
On 11 Jan 2016 03:17, "Anthony Cole" <ahcoleecu(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Chris, there have been no resolutions since Denny
assumed his seat that
impact Denny's employer, as best as I can tell, unless there is an
existing
direct relationship between Google and one or both of the new trustees,
and
no one's provided evidence of that. I hope Denny will recuse from any
decision-making that might impact his employer, not just those decisions
that directly address his employer.
I would be concerned if he were involved in *discussions* on topics that
impact Google, not just topics where Google is named. By this I mean, but
not only, anything touching on the Knowledge Engine and WikiData, and I'm
not just referring to discussions related to a resolution. The executive
session of each board meeting is secret.
On Monday, January 11, 2016, Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> I am concerned that Denny may not have been
recusing from discussions
and
> decisions affecting Google. This strikes me
as exceptional, and that
the
board
doesn't find it so troubles me, and hints that you may all have
something to gain from independent advice.
Out of interest, do you know of a single decision made by the WMF board
regarding Google while Denny has been on the Board?
All their resolutions are public, and the members voting in favour and
against and absent or recused from each decision are listed. So if the
WMF
has been discussing WMF's relationship with
Google and Denny hasn't
recused
himself this should be apparent.
I have not checked the list of resolutions myself but I suspect that the
WMF board rarely, if ever, considers anything to do with any major tech
companies.
Chris
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