On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 6:32:04 PM UTC-6, Jim wrote: > On 2014-04-16 17:44, Majken Connor wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 5:10 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Thanks for responding. > > >> > > >> 1) Why didn't they offer him the CEO position? Has Mozilla attempted > > >> to > > >> persuade Brendan to speak publicly on this? What was his response? > > >> > > > > > > Because he had just quit that position. "I don't want to be CEO > > > anymore." > > > "Ok, how about if you be CEO instead?" > > > > Do you even know what happened? > > > > The Board withdrew their support. > > > > Taking advantage of someone's weakness under pressure. > > > > >> 2) Not blogging skills, but the content of the post was the straw that > > >> broke the camel's back. Missteps prior to are justification. She > > >> should > > >> have quelled this fire the second the "protest" began. And if it > > >> developed > > >> further, reiterate the board, including her, stands by their > > >> appointment > > >> and that doesn't require standing by his views outside Mozilla. A blog > > >> post > > >> on her personal web site is next to nothing. The handling and response > > >> were > > >> inadequate. But, she did take the time to write a lengthy blog post > > >> the day > > >> he left. She was ready to take advantage of that. :-\ > > >> > > > > > > Because the people asking for Brendan's resignation weren't entirely > > > baseless. > > > > Well, of course they were baseless, as is your comment. > > > > > They did have a valid point that people that don't know Brendan > > > could have hard time trusting him. > > > > 99% of Mozilla employees disagree with you. Who do you rep.? > > > > > Mitchell couldn't just say "no you guys > > > are entirely wrong, we're not listening to you!!" > > > > Yes, that is exactly what she should have done, and fired some. Still > > has not happened. > > > > > Also "quelling" the fire > > > would have required squashing other people's freedom of speech. > > > > This attitude is part of the problem. > > > > > This > > > happened very quickly. Mistakes were made. No doubt the longer blog > > > post > > > was made after seeing how the previously handling of the situation > > > worked > > > (or didn't work). Mitchell and Brendan are cofounders of Mozilla. They > > > have > > > been friends for a long time. I can't for a moment believe Mitchell > > > would > > > ever intentionally gain from Brendan's suffering. I'm sure that's also > > > part > > > of why the blog post after he resigned was longer, because she must > > > feel > > > awful. > > > > Does that excuse revenge? > > > > >> 3) By not standing by and defending someone who differs in opinion. By > > >> not > > >> acting on information which should be private but forced to be public > > >> by > > >> California law. > > >> > > > > > > As an organization, and in general, Mozilla did stand by him. Only a > > > small > > > number of people called for his resignation. Many others, including > > > several > > > of our LGBTQ contributors supported Brendan continuing in the position. > > > > > > Personal opinion here: Brendan wasn't a slam dunk choice before the > > > controversy hit. > > > > What would you know? > > > > > I am much more excited about Chris Beard being named > > > interim CEO than I was over Brendan. I have nothing against Brendan, > > > and I > > > don't know him well enough to say if I think he'd have been a great CEO > > > for > > > Mozilla. I think many of us were in that in between place, we didn't > > > realize he was a candidate, we knew there was a search for an outside > > > CEO. > > > We didn't have time to decide if we thought he was the right choice. I > > > do > > > know Chris well enough to know he'll be amazing. > > > > A Chris vs Brendan comparison is the last thing we need and will just > > create more trouble. Keep you opinions to yourself. > > > > > I know for my part, that > > > contributed to me taking time before publicly (on facebook :-p ) > > > declaring > > > support for Brendan. > > > > Brendan had merit. You can't even judge merit. > > > > > I waited to see how our LGBTQ contributors felt. But > > > things were moving fast, and we didn't really have much time. Honestly, > > > I'm > > > not 100% sure what we could have done better. We could have tried to > > > organize social media so that we were sharing out our posts in support > > > of > > > Brendan better. But all this is hindsight. If we'd been prepared for > > > this, > > > sure, we could have done a bunch of things differently. But we weren't > > > prepared. We didn't expect the controversy because to most of us there > > > wasn't a controversy (we dealt with this 2 years ago). It's much faster > > > to > > > just RT a call for a resignation than it is to take time to carefully > > > form > > > an opinion. > > > > Stop pretending you represent Mozilla. If you want to express an > > opinion then make it clear that it is your own and that you have no clue > > about the Mozilla mission. > > > > Jim
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