Yes, that's pretty much what happened. My sources tell me that the board tried actively to convince Brendan to stay, either as CEO or as CTO, but failed to convince him.
You are right that we are still expecting a clear and unequivocal declaration from the Board. We are still in catch-up mode, but I assume that it will arrive shortly. Now, we need to all the help we can get to spread the word about what happened. Mozilla (and, by consequence, the uncensored internet) is suffering from this situation, from the misreporting and from the consequent "guilty until proved" state of mind that we have seen across the web. Best regards, David On 4/7/14 5:57 PM, [email protected] wrote: > And this is why we need the internet at large, uncensored. Mozilla and > Firefox are important parts of this. I am both fearful and upset that Mr. > Eich has departed regardless of whether it was internal pressure within > Mozilla or sites such as OKCupid. That large media conglomerates can > escalate this situation to this point, recalls the infamy of Joseph McCarthy > and Richard Nixon and the House Unamerican Activity Committee. > > We need a Senator Margaret Chase Smith equivalent "Declaration of Conscience" > rebutting this senseless character assassination. Mr. Porter's quote of de > Tocqueville is completely correct and directly applies to directly this > situation. > > Here are the impressions I have: > 1. The Mozilla board made a decision to appoint Mr. Eich as chief. > 2. A web site of uncertain significance (to me at least) decided they didn't > like it and changed a web page to comment on this, (their right to speak > unimpeded), creating a media firestorm. > 3. Others quickly joined what can only be described as the internet > equivalent of a riot in the streets. > 4. To quell the situation, Mr. Eich resigned. Whether this was internal > pressure, his own independent decision about what was best for the > organization, or as a result of outside pressure cannot be truly determined > by outsiders such as me. Only he and the board can answer these questions. > 5. Mozilla's board could have made a solid declaration that the Foundation > would not and could not be persuaded by public pressure related to a key > individual's personal (and private) political persuasions by publicly > announcing it had received Mr. Eich's resignation and rejecting it, allowing > him to continue in his position and making a clear and loud statement that > private political beliefs are not the business of the Mozilla Foundation and > its officers, whether they are in agreement with them or not. > > The simple facts are, that the Board did not publicly reject the resignation > and did not make a "Declaration of Consciences." > > The new McCarthyism is here. The new question is not, "Are you no or have > you ever been a member of the communist party?" > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > -- David Rajchenbach-Teller, PhD Performance Team, Mozilla _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
