On 01/10/2016 11:16 AM, James Alexander wrote: > Oh dear god everyone... [This is in general, not any specific person] > > I think everyone knows there are a lot of legitimate concerns to be > concerned about and certainly Arnnon's actions at Google are legitimate for > question however this whole "google is controlling the board/wmf" line of > thought is turning into a huge and enormous conspiracy theory and what > seems to be a giant school of red herring
I completely agree with you James. But, I do think that besides the specific concerns over Arnnon, an overrepresentation of Google-affiliated members in the board is a problem. Not because there is a conspiracy, but because it is a lack of diversity. In addition, it poses problems whenever the board has to decide anything Google related. As a matter of principle, for any vote, board members with a conflict of interest should abstain. If the majority of board members have to abstain, this leaves the decision to a minority and thus reduces its legitimacy. Tobias _______________________________________________ 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>
