Quite surprised by this action, it does indeed seem unprecedented and I would hope the board would release a statement as to why this decision was made. Unless there are legal reasons that mean the board cannot disclose why, I would think that an explanation should be provided.
Steve Crossin Sent from my iPhone > On 29 Dec 2015, at 11:32 AM, Kevin Gorman <[email protected]> wrote: > > I really, really hope that, as fast as one can be written, a resolution > explaining more fully the circumstances of James' departure from the board > is written and passed. If there are legal reasons that mean that his > departure cannot be more fully explained, that itself needs to be noted - > and I hope they're particularly strong reasons. Without looking up the > vote count in the last election: James has the trust of a huge segment of > the community, and also has a much stronger sense of direction in how WMF > should be steered than many of our trustees have in the past. His sudden > removal (the power mechanism I've cobbled together to have my laptop > functional today is hilarious) without further explanation looks way too > much like one of only three directly elected trustees spoke up too openly > in a way that wasn't welcomed about the directions he thought Wikimedia > should go - even though he literally published a platform before he was > elected. The sudden removal of a very well respected community elected > trustee has at least the appearance of a board that may not want to be > responsive to those who literally create it's only valuable asset. > > Best, > KG > >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Tito Dutta <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Add me as well. >> Eager to know what happened. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
