Anyone who has worked with James on the projects will know how seriously committed he is to open knowledge and that he is held in the highest regard by the community for his achievements and character. Losing him from the WMF board is a severe blow for fellow volunteers. With James voted in as a trustee to rely on to ask the hard questions on governance, I thought that the endless cycle of "moving forward" rhetoric on delivering improvement and transparency now had some true substance behind it.
James, whatever went on behind this, always trust in your own judgement, focus on what really matters, and KBO.[1] The WMF has managed to publicly shoot the cat. 1. It was good enough for Churchill and a pinch of stoicism might be needed at this time. Fae On 28 Dec 2015 23:17, "SarahSV" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 3:43 PM, James Heilman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Dec 28th 2015 I was removed from the board of the Wikimedia > Foundation. > > Many thanks to all those who gave me their support during the last > > election. I have worked in the last six month to honor the trust placed > in > > me by advocating for our values, communities, and projects. > > > > Sincerely > > James Heilman > > > > James, this is disappointing. Can you say more about what happened? > > Sarah > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
