On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> 2011/1/20 whothis <whoth...@gmail.com>: > > I hope others reading this realize the implication of your appointment. I > > had no idea who you were before this, and still don't > > I had no idea who you were before this. Then I checked my mail > archives and saw that the only other thread you've been engaged in was > a different set of accusations about the existence of a cabal and the > impropriety thereof. > Thats a fair assessment, let me first say that I respect your opinion to a certain degree Erik. But as an unknown poster on this list, I have the exact same qualification as Mr. Prabhala does, perhaps even more, the only difference is I am not on the Advisory Board. Second, Let me refresh your memory I posted on a thread a while ago, complaining about the Movement roles "steering committee", composed of 5 people from the chapter committee, a board member and an employee. I made a comment in passing that add Achal or Florence to the mix and you have the Advisory Board Cabal. Maybe I was the only one who saw a pattern. > > This is not a constructive conversation, because it confuses and > conflates a bunch of very complex issues (questions of NPO governance > and ethics, which you clearly have a very limited understanding of, > vs. questions of effective and transparent operations, vs. community > participation, etc.), and has from the beginning taken the tone of > prosecutorial questioning. If you're interested in having a > constructive conversation e.g. about the grants process and the > fellowships program without attacking individuals, I'll be happy to > join it, here or on Meta. > Clearly, without even knowing who I am, you can easily write me off as someone with a very limited understanding of NPO governance and ethics. That is one thing you are apparently sure about in all of this, I would say something about your own Hubris but I think that's just the way it is. Anyway, I didn't raise the questions, the other person did, I made the point about a possible appearance of impropriety and was planning on fading away until the jibe about "Pranayama" and the patronizing tone. I don't care for his grant or "fellowship", he might as well be researching farts for all I care, researchers and consultants come and go, but Advisory Board members they are forever. I unfortunately, have a life to live and bills to pay instead of engaging in a "constructive" and drawn-out conversation, we can't all be lifetime appointed Advisory Board members. Apologies if it got too personal, I took offense to one of the statements earlier and had to resort to polemics. Kind Regards Elizabeth _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
