The elected candidates are ideal, making me feel confident that the
values and aspirations of the wider Wikimedia volunteer community will
be well represented in the coming year.
As previously mentioned, Alice and Jimmy were the main political
players in excluding Doc James from board discussions. The expulsion
of James from the board as an //elected// trustee has damaged the
reputation of the WMF board of trustees, and they must take fair
personal responsibility for those events. It would be great if both
Alice and Jimmy could speak up now, perhaps now thanking Doc James for
having the determination to run again for the board and ensuring the
community that they will do everything they can to ensure James is
supported and welcome, or have the wisdom to step down if they feel
unable to work collegiately and positively with their elected fellow
trustees.
The historical theme of the WMF board being directed by trustees that
have never stood for an open election is an embarrassment in the light
of the unnecessarily policial recent history of the WMF. We are
overdue for the board to be seen to get their fingers out, do some
meaningful housekeeping, and re-invent itself as one that is properly
open, transparent and accountable to volunteers as well as large rich
donors. Naturally, well intentioned folks who "happen to" benefit from
their sticky conflicts of interest in directly related commercial
ventures, such as Wikia and Wikitrubune, should not be anywhere near
the board, nor should they hold positions of influence on related
committees and trusts where the potential conflicts of loyalty
represent financial and reputational risks for the Wikimedia community
and the Wikimedia Foundation.
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On 23 May 2017 at 12:34, Austin Hair
adhair@gmail.com wrote:
> I normally hate +1s, but I want to congratulate Doc James on his
> reappointment to the board. I hope we've all learned from his previous
> term, and can work together to benefit the movement.
>
> With love,
>
> One of your list administrators, who would rather not have to deal with
> fiascos.
>
> On May 23, 2017 02:12, "Isaac Olatunde"
reachout2isaac@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Congratulations to the newly elected members and many thanks to members of
>> the election committee.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Isaac.
>>
>> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 3:12 AM, Tito Dutta
trulytito@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> > Many congrats to all the members. Good wishes and all the best.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 22 May 2017 at 11:53, Rogol Domedonfors
domedonfors@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Indeed. It would be appropriate for members of the Board to state now,
>> > in
>> > > public and for the record, that they accept the democratically
>> expressed
>> > > wishes of the community and will reappoint James at the due time.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:18 AM, MZMcBride
z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > matanya moses wrote:
>> > > > >Congratulations to María Sefidari (User:Raystorm), Dariusz
>> Jemielniak
>> > > > >(User:pundit), and James Heilman (User:Doc James) for receiving the
>> > most
>> > > > >community support. Subject to a standard background check, they will
>> > be
>> > > > >appointed by the Board at their August meeting at Wikimania.
>> > > >
>> > > > For those wondering, two of the people who supported James' removal
>> > from
>> > > > the Board of Trustees in December 2015 are still serving: Alice and
>> > > Jimmy.
>> > > >
>> > > > And the two people who opposed the resolution (Dariusz and James) are
>> > now
>> > > > among the three people being reappointed.
>> > > >
>> > > > *
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:James_
>> > Heilman_Removal
>> > > > *
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees
>> > > > *
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Former_Board_of_
>> > Trustees_members
>> > > >
>> > > > MZMcBride
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
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