Thanks Atsma
I would be happy to return to the board. I ran initially as I believe our success will be greatest when the WMF and community are working together as equals. Of course, Katherine taking over as intern ED is a big step towards this goal. I believe I can still contribute substantially to this end.
James
On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Atsme atsme@outlook.com wrote:
Then without further delay, his reappointment should happen ASAP. I don’t understand why it should go back to the community for reelection when it was a Board decision to remove him. The Board should simply apologize and reinstate James Hellman now.
Betty Wills (Atsme)
On May 5, 2016, at 12:06 PM, James Heilman jmh649@gmail.com wrote:
Jimmy, thank you for retracting this statement.
James
On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Jimmy Wales jimmywales@ymail.com
wrote:
I was speaking only for myself, and I am happy to retract the comment fully and without reservation.
The reasons for the removal have been recently put forward with significant clarity in Denny's statement.
I was speaking colloquially in the sense that the removal was not done capriciously or randomly but for reasons that the board thought meaningful. I did not know and do not know the full legal meaning of
the
phrase "for cause" and meant nothing more than that people had reasons
that
they thought sufficient.
As I told James before the meeting, I decided to vote with the majority, whatever that may be, on the principle that if he really had lost the support of the rest of the board, he would not be able to function effectively. As I have said, if James were to be re-elected by the community, I would agree with his return to the board.
On 05/05/2016 02:09, James Heilman wrote:
Following my removal from the WMF board, Jimmy Wales publicly stated
“But in this case, it isn't relevant as this was a removal for
cause.--Jimbo
Wales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales (talk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#top) 08:54, 30 December 2015 (UTC)” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_201 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_201
If I was removed “for cause” by my fellow board members I would like to request a written statement outlining what this cause was. In a Dec
30th,
2015 personal email JW touched on two potential reasons but they are unfounded. If these are indeed the reasons I was removed, I feel a
public
discussion would be useful.
If JW was not speaking in an official capacity and I was not removed
“for
cause”, I would like to request a statement from the board to that
effect.
Sincerely
James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
-- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
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