I am afraid that I cannot say for sure, as I am not privy to the conversations between the board and the CEO.
However, I believe that Brendan realized that the controversy around his person was damaging the community that he took 16 years to create and that he decided that the best course of action was to resign. It is my hope that, in time, once the controversy has died out, he will be able to resume his contributions, either as part of Mozilla or as part of something new. You are right, Mitchell Baker should probably make things clearer in her blog post. Best regards, David On 4/4/14 6:59 PM, Bill Garrett wrote: > Thanks for your prompt response. I did not intend for my choice of > words to suggest that I thought Eich was "fired." Eich's own statement > reveals that no firing took place and I did not use the term anywhere in > my email message. > > That aside, it is not unheard of for a beleaguered executive to accept a > voluntary dismissal as part of a negotiated arrangement with the > company. Your chairwoman's comments on the blog (in particular her > apology on behalf of Mozilla) would certainly suggest that something > like this occurred in connection with Eich's departure. > > So, in light of your message, should I understand your comments to imply > that the board exerted no pressure on Eich to resign? If so, it would > seem to me that Ms. Baker should consider amending her blog entry and > other public comments in the interest of transparency. -- David Rajchenbach-Teller, PhD Performance Team, Mozilla _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
