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> I believe the Board could and should consider the wider needs to obtain the best possible range of strategic advice and input, epsecially as we move into yet another strategic review That strikes me as a difficult statement to disagree with, though also difficult to actually achieve if you

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Chris Keating wrote: "Fortunately the Board isn't required to consider whether hypothetically infuture some other organisation's interests might conflict with the Foundation's: only whether in practice they do." This is not correct: one of the functions of the Board is to assess the risks to the

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Fortunately the Board isn't required to consider whether hypothetically in future some other organisation's interests might conflict with the Foundation's: only whether in practice they do. (By the way, I am not surprised people read your original email as calling for Kelly to resign - it was the

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Sam, Thanks you for your views. Referring to the possible conflicts between Wikimedia and Quora, you say that "there is almost no current overlap between the organizations' main projects". Whether or not this is true right now, it is entirely possible that it may not be true in future, and I

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Kelly: Wonderful news; congratulations, and thanks for the update. Christophe, thank you for that thoughtful addendum. Rogol: > The point of [my comment] was that the process of managing Kelly's conflict of interest will deprive the Board of a source of advice > I don't see why this should

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Christophe writes "suggesting a Board member should resign and at the same time saying the process was properly followed, is not ok". I am not sure exactly what he means to convey by this, but I am not aware that anyone posting to this thread has said anything that can be described in this way.

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Hi everyone, On the process, Kelly notified Katherine and myself about the possibility of conflict shortly after receiving an offer from Quora, in accordance with the Foundation's Conflict of Interest Policy.[1] Kelly wanted to make sure the issue was transparently disclosed to the full Board and

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In case my blanket "I disagree" left doubt, let me state very clearly -- I'm not seeking anybody's resignation here. (Just reread Dan's message and realized it's possible the beginning of my response could be read that way, though I think I'm pretty clear further down.) -Pete On Wed, Nov 2, 2016

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The mere potential that a conflict of interest may arise in the future is not necessarily a reason to resign from the board. This is why we have legal counsel such as Stephen and Michelle to determine whether such conflicts are serious enough to be inappropriate. We should all be satisfied with

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Congratuations to Kelly Battles on her new job at Quora. I believe I'm correct in saying that this is a company whose business is to make a profit by pursuing its "mission is to share and grow the world’s knowledge". Surely that means that in general the more and better the Wikimedia projects

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> > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 01:46:24 + > From: Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Personal Update > Message-ID: > <CAAmrcweiP8BWNaQiLEVTk7_

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Yeah, there just might be a few of us around here who participate on Wikipedia and Quora both. Not that I'd know anyone like that. :) Congratulations on the new position. Todd On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 7:46 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > Congratulations, Ms. Battles! > > I

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Congratulations, Ms. Battles! I recommend updating your biographical sketch on this page to reflect this, so that the information is available to future readers not currently subscribed to this mailing list: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees A.

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Hi Kelly, You have left the hard tech world to join the world of collaboration and co-creation. First as a volunteer board member of the Wikimedia Foundation, and today as salaried employee of Quora, a site that co-creates answers to questions. Quite some active Wikimedians are also active on

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Welcome, Kelly, and thanks for the information! Warm regards, Scott On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Anna Stillwell wrote: > Congratulations on your new role, Kelly. > Warmly, > /a > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Kelly Battles > wrote: > >

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Congratulations on your new role, Kelly. Warmly, /a On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Kelly Battles wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > > > I have an exciting personal update to share with all of you. Today, I am > > joining Quora as Chief Financial Officer. I have shared more

[Wikimedia-l] Personal Update

Hi Everyone, > > I have an exciting personal update to share with all of you. Today, I am > joining Quora as Chief Financial Officer. I have shared more information on > my Quora personal blog[1]. > > Once I decided to accept this role, I shared the news with Christophe as > chair of the Board and