Hi Mike, I think the history is relevant, but it only illustrates that Mozilla is only partially committed to a meritocracy. When you are committed to something, you know you will come on hardships that will question that commitment. It is of little consolation that an initial appointment is based on merit if someone can be removed so quickly by outside forces that directly attack that commitment.
There were apologies for hiring a CEO that expressed his political beliefs. There have been no apologies that he felt he had to leave based on those beliefs. This is telling. The main problem moving forward is that those who have expressed certain political beliefs will not consider a position at Mozilla, or will not be considered by Mozilla because they know of the potential storm. This effectively eliminates said meritocracy. It could change in the future that Mozilla redoubles it's effort to meritocracy, but it has not shown any inkling in the present case. -Imano _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
