Thank you, Patricio, for the heads-up. I’m sure that it must’ve been difficult for everyone, especially those on the Board.
It was very honorable of Arnnon to step down in deference to the community, and I hope that while we may be indignant at his past actions, we can continue to find places for people in our community who may show an interest in what we do but to who we don’t always see eye-to-eye on our values. While I still think that this episode will generate a whole lot of lessons for us to learn from, I hope that Arnnon will continue to engage with the movement in a meaningful way even though he is no longer a part of the Board. Thank you for taking heed of the community, and I hope that despite what may be a rude awakening, that you will find your place among us, somehow, somewhere in the movement. Hopefully, now that this episode has come to a close, we can finally begin the process of healing and figuring out what went wrong. There’s still a lot of things left unaccounted for, and I hope that after this, the Board will continue to build on that momentum by doing the right thing and helping the community understand what on Earth happened over the last few weeks so we can finally move forward. Josh > Wiadomość napisana przez Patricio Lorente <patricio.lore...@gmail.com> w dniu > 28.01.2016, o godz. 04:52: > > Dear All, > > Throughout the discussion about the appointment of Arnnon Geshuri to the > Board of Trustees, the Board has carefully listened to you and discussed > internally. Earlier today, Arnnon decided to step down from the Board. To > paraphrase his words, he doesn't want to be a distraction for the important > discussions that the community and the Foundation need to face in the times > to come. We want to thank Arnnon for his ongoing commitment and for helping > us to move forward. > > The Board Governance Committee is working to improve and update our > selection processes before we fill the vacancy left by Arnnon’s departure. > We are sorry for the distress and confusion this has caused to some in our > community, and also to Arnnon. > > Patricio and Alice > > ---- > > Patricio Lorente > Chair, Board of Trustees > > Alice Wiegand > Vice Chair, Board of Trustees > -- > _______________________________________________ > 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> JAMES JOSHUA G. LIM Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Class of 2013, Ateneo de Manila University Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines jamesjoshua...@yahoo.com <mailto:jamesjoshua...@yahoo.com> | +63 (915) 321-7582 Facebook/Twitter: akiestar | Wikimedia: Sky Harbor http://about.me/josh.lim <http://about.me/josh.lim> _______________________________________________ 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>
