This is not good. I suppose Board will give us an explanation of what happened, so we could discuss it here.
On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 11:59 PM, Kevin Gorman <kgor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dr James, thank you for your work in Wikimedia governance (and for that > matter, management so far.) I really hope a full, thoughtful, and > defensible statement in support of his decision will be coming from the > rest of the board shortly. I'm a little bit disturbed to see a respected > community member who was elected with a significant mandate removed from > the board without there being something like allegations of financial > malfeasance, etc, involved. The Wikimedia Foundation board does > (literally) directly control the projects, and does (literally) directly > have the ability to appoint and dismiss board members at its will, but I > would hope that such power would be exercised with extreme discretion, > especially with regards to a community member generally as well-respected > and with as solid judgement as Dr. James has. > > --- > Kevin Gorman > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 2:43 PM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> 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 Heilman >> MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian >> >> The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine >> www.opentextbookofmedicine.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
