As a bit of history, you should be aware that most Mozillians (including the board) have known about Brendan’s Prop 8 stance since 2012, when a story was published by the LA Times. It did not affect his position as CTO. It was still known when he added the role of Senior VP of Engineering a little over a year ago, with management over a huge portion of the organization. And it was, of course, still well-known when he was appointed as CEO by the board. If we were “governed by political correctness” then why would we give him even more power and authority?
We made a choice based solely on merit, which led to a massive public backlash, and an immense amount of personal abuse directed towards Brendan and his beliefs. An immense amount of effort went into trying to support Brendan and weather the storm. But it wasn’t getting better, it was getting worse, and there was no good end in sight. Ultimately, Brendan made a personal choice to step down for the good of both himself and Mozilla. This is a bitter pill for all of us who believe in a truly inclusive Mozilla, and a true meritocracy. The only consolation is that Brendan’s choice gives us a chance to rebuild and continue on our mission. — Mike On Apr 5, 2014, at 7:20 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Mozilla states on its governance page that it is "governed by meritocracy". > It has a nice link to Wikipedia that provides the following definition: > > a political philosophy that holds power should be vested in individuals > according to merit.[1] Advancement in such a system is based on intellectual > talent measured through examination and/or demonstrated achievement in the > field where it is implemented. > > > With the forced resignation of its CEO over a political donation to a cause > that had at that point majority support of the U.S., we now see the truth > that Mozilla is governed by political correctness. > > Fortunately, the same Wikipedia page has a link to Totalitarianism. > > I for one consumer will no longer be using Firefox. > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
