I can have now read what you and Boris recommended. As I suspected
there is more to the story. But from my perspective there was a
management opportunity to get ahead of what became the story and for
what looks like a number of circumstances did not.
The Shakespeare riff is interesting and also underlines my concern: no
"adults" stood up early to call out those who had an agenda and, by not
doing so, passively 'helped' bring about the outcome. I am a volunteer
(not for Mozilla) and have been management in the past. From both
positions I am saddened Mozilla has taken hard hits. I am concerned
that it cannot get ahead of this wrend. And I sincerely hope that
management now realizes that continuously mouthing we're for blah, blah
is not the same thing as stepping out, standing tall and being counted.
Enough for me.
On 2014-04-07 9:55 AM, Sheeri Cabral wrote:
Linus,
Please check
outhttps://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/05/faq-on-ceo-resignation/ - Brendan
was NOT fired. You don't have to believe what's written there; common sense
should prevail. *IF* Brendan was fired or pressured by the board to resign,
that opens Mozilla up to a lawsuit for getting rid of Brendan due to a
religious belief.
Mozilla absolutely values differences in opinion, especially when everyone is
acting in accordance with our inclusivity policy - which Brendan has done,
before and after his donation.
It's not Mozilla that's the problem - the board members tried to talk him out
of resigning - it's OK Cupid and Team Rarebit who are the
problems.http://wingod.newsvine.com/_news/2014/04/07/23397581-the-hypocrisy-of-sam-yagan-okcupid-uncrunched
-Sheeri Cabral
Manager, Systems DB Team
Senior DB Admin/Architect
Mozilla
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linus Upson"<[email protected]>
To:[email protected]
Sent: Sunday, April 6, 2014 12:28:58 PM
Subject: Firing
How can I be assured of honest, forthright, and excellent Mozilla
products in light of the recent firing? As I understand the situation, a
coding genius and leading light in internet affairs was booted from
Mozilla because he exercised his California citizen's right to vote (for
either side) and to support a party to an open, official election in
California a decade ago.
From my understanding of high school civics your actions are not in
line with the Great American Experiment, and, in fact, appear to show a
closed mindedness bordering on bigotry. Obviously there are undoubtedly
more factors than are bandied about in the blogosphere. Please enlighten us.
That said, how will you approach Mozillians' various ideas and variety
going forward? Don't you value differences in opinion and direction as a
strength? How will you make up for the loss of a genius at this craft?
Under this inner-directed leadership is Mozilla circling the drain?
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