Bodhisattwa and Nathan, If I imagine myself in James' shoes, I would be thinking a lot right now about: * What are my legal obligations around what I may or may not say * What are the difficult-to-predict consequences to WMF, to Wikimedia, and/or to oneself of saying various things * What obligation I have to speak, when no charge against me has been made (at least publicly), and when my term as a trustee is now over
Speaking for myself, if I were James, I would not be rushing into any public statement. The people we need most to hear from right now are the eight people who made a mysterious decision. The two people who opposed the decision might or might have interesting responses -- I too am curious to hear what they will say. But it's the majority and/or chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board we need most to hear from. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Bodhisattwa Mandal < bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Doc, > > The community wants to know about what happened. I think, you need to talk > about this. > > Regards, > Bodhisattwa > On 29 Dec 2015 07:25, "Nathan" <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 8:39 PM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > As Patricio stated the "Board has a responsibility to ... ensure that > the > > > Board functions with *mutual confidence*" > > > > > > My fellow trustees need no reason beyond lack of trust in me to justify > > my > > > removal. No reason beyond that is needed per our board by laws. > > > > > > There was not any COI or legal impropriety on my part. I have done > what I > > > believe is in the best interest of our movement. I hope Patricio and I > > can > > > work together to provide greater explanation in the coming days. > > > > > > -- > > > James Heilman > > > > > > Why be cute about it, then? Just say what happened and leave the games to > > others. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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>
