On 10 October 2011 10:19, Florence Devouard <anthe...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On 10/9/11 11:57 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: >> * Sue Gardner wrote: >>> Please read Ting's note carefully. The Board is asking me to work with >>> the community to develop a solution that meets the original >>> requirements as laid out in its resolution. It is asking me to do >>> something. But it is not asking me to do the specific thing that has >>> been discussed over the past several months, and which the Germans >>> voted against. >> >> There is nothing useful to be learned from the Letter to the Community. > > The problem is that what is usually called "the Board" on this list is > not a single entity. It is actually a group of persons. > > And right now, the situation is that there is no real agreement within > "the Board" about what to exactly do or not do. > > Accordingly, it is probably tough for "the Board" as an entity to issue > statements or letters or recommandations without bumping in the fact > that they do not have a single common position. > > Consequently, there is nothing really useful in any statements they can > issue.
That may well be the case but since it was the WMF board that decided we should have this feature, they need to come to a clear decision on how they want to proceed. If they can't find a solution that satisfies all of them and the decision has to be made by a vote with a slim majority, then so be it. If you are right that the board is split on this (and I expect you are), then what seems to be happening is that they can't make a decision so they are telling the staff to make it for them. That is really not the way a board of trustees should work. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
