Jimbo, on his talk page, says this was a removal "for cause", and that he expects the whole Board will provide a further statement.
-Robert Rohde On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Kevin Gorman <kgor...@gmail.com> wrote: > As far as I can tell, no one alleges Doc James did anything wrong - if > there were serious allegations of wrongdoing then, for one thing, I have > trouble seeing Dariusz as having supported James staying on the board. The > board *can* remove members for any reason, but if you're removing one > member elected - and generally quite trusted - from the board, and that > removal is opposed by *another* community elected board member, there > better be a damned good reason behind it - board *can* ignore the will of > two of the three directly elected trustees, but doing so without a damn > good reason is a significant error. To be honest, since the motion to > remove James was clearly prepared in advance, I'm pretty surprising that > board didn't ask WMF comms for help preparig to deal with the fall-out. > I've been told by multiple sets of people that this doesn't involve > allegations of wrongdoing against James - but if it does, that needs to be > quickly communicated, as James holds multiple other positions of trust in > the Wikimedia movement. And if doesn't involve allegations of wrongdoing > by James... well to be honest, I have a hard time seeing a situation where > the removal of James (a community elected trustee) which was opposed by > Dariusz (another community elected trustee) is reasonably justifiable. > Without more details about the situation, it really reads like a board out > of touch with the community it is intended to serve. > > Unless an extraordinarily good reason is produced (like James regularly > shouting things Cluebot would censor in the middle of meetings,) I would > hope that the board would consider reinstating James... and spending the > time to learn how to work with with a respected and accomplished > Wikipedian. Doc James is one of the most active contributors to > Wikiproject Medicine, is a long time former president of Wikimedia Canada > and the Wiki Project Med Foundation, and has done a ton of other > wiki-stuff. It's hard to see him as a detriment to the WMF board, and it's > concerning that the first time the WMF board has ever felt the need to > remove a member it was a member as awesome a human being and Wikimedian as > James. > > Best, > KG > -sent from mobile. > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 3:25 PM, olatunde isaac < > reachout2is...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > I'm very disappointed to know that the board meeting was still ongoing > as > > > at the time James revealed that he was ejected from the board. It is a > > > silly idea! Perhaps he felt the community can stop the meeting or > > override > > > the decision of the board of trustee. The WMF BoT is not a parliament > > where > > > the house do not have the veto power to remove an elected member. > > > Section 7 (remover) of the WMF's bylaws clearly stipulated that > > > “Any Trustee may be removed, with or without cause, by a majority vote > of > > > the Trustees then in office in accordance with the procedures set forth > > in > > > Section 617.0808(1), or other relevant provisions of the Act”. Based on > > > this bylaw, James remover is justified! > > > I understand that majority of the community members who elected James > are > > > likely not to be aware of this provisions but James is aware of it and > > will > > > probably have an answer to (1) the reason for his remover (2) why his > > > remover was supported by eight members and (3) why the third > > > community-elected trustee, Denny Vrandečić, lost confidence supported > his > > > removal. > > > The fact that James never stated the reasons why he was ejected from > the > > > board as at the time he disclosed his remover is worrisome. > > > James, I'm sorry if I'm too factual here. > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Olatunde Isaac. > > > Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN > > > > > > > > He didn't use his phone to mail to the list while sitting in a meeting... > > He was dismissed from the board and then ejected from the board meeting. > > After he left the room as ordered, he posted the notification. We don't > > know all the precise circumstances, but I couldn't guarantee I wouldn't > > have done the same in his place. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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>
