I'm continuing to think about the WMF Board's handling of this matter, but I am experiencing considerable difficulty with wording my comments in a way that is diplomatic. Hopefully I'll have further comments to share here next week. In the meantime, and perhaps of greater interest to other participants in this mailing list thread:
* Discussion about related issues continues on English Wikipedia at [1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_response_to_the_Wikimedia_Foundation%27s_ban_of_Fram], [2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Community_response_to_the_Wikimedia_Foundation%27s_ban_of_Fram], [3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Katherine_(WMF)], and elsewhere.
* Arbcom has passed a related motion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Reversion_of_office_actions#6)_Reversion_of_office_actions_(II), and there is a related case that is under consideration but might be declined https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Disputed_Signpost_article. (Disclosure: I made a statement in the latter case, and also participated in the related discussion at ANI).
* The English Wikipedia page that describes WMF Office actions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Office_actions has been changed https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AOffice_actions&type=revision&diff=903709635&oldid=902584562, including being changed to communicate that it describes a WMF policy https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_actions and not an English Wikipedia community policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines. There may be further changes to that page; some related discussion may be found on the associated talk page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Office_actions.
Regards,