On 26 July 2012 20:01, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > My suggestion would be that Fae use the available appeal processes, and that > hopefully Arbcom can be reformed or brought to its senses.
What appeal processes? Arbcom aren't going to just change their minds. The community isn't going to reach a consensus on anything this divisive. Does Jimmy even hear appeals any more? If he does, I don't have any more faith in his judgement than I do Arbcom's. I did read the case, and the only accusation that has any evidence (or is even coherently made) is the misuse of multiple accounts. That doesn't warrant an indefinite ban. The ban is because he had the audacity to speak to a member of Foundation staff while waiting for a lift... (there was only hearsay that the conversation was at all inappropriate). My view is that either Fae should resign in order to save WMUK from having to deal with this, or we should have an EGM and let the members decide. If a majority of members at the meeting vote in support of Fae, then he'll have a renewed mandate to continue on the board (which he continues as chair is entirely the board's decision - I don't think the members should interfere in that). I think that renewed mandate should prevent most negative PR for the chapter. It could create some negative PR for the movement generally due to internal conflict, but we can survive that. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
