Re: [Wikimedia-l] “For Cause”

Thanks Atsma I would be happy to return to the board. I ran initially as I believe our success will be greatest when the WMF and community are working together as equals. Of course, Katherine taking over as intern ED is a big step towards this goal. I believe I can still contribute substantially t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] “For Cause”

Then without further delay, his reappointment should happen ASAP. I don’t understand why it should go back to the community for reelection when it was a Board decision to remove him. The Board should simply apologize and reinstate James Hellman now. Betty Wills (Atsme) > On May 5, 2016, at 1

Re: [Wikimedia-l] “For Cause”

Jimmy, thank you for retracting this statement. James On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote: > I was speaking only for myself, and I am happy to retract the comment > fully and without reservation. > > The reasons for the removal have been recently put forward with > significant cla

Re: [Wikimedia-l] “For Cause”

Fae, On 5 May 2016 at 15:56, Fæ wrote: > > We can say without any doubt that > ​... > ​Please say "I" when you are speaking for yourself. > ​ > > The > ​ ​ > community should be able to hold up a mirror and call his misuse > ​ > You speak for yourself here, not for "the community". ​

Re: [Wikimedia-l] “For Cause”

I was speaking only for myself, and I am happy to retract the comment fully and without reservation. The reasons for the removal have been recently put forward with significant clarity in Denny's statement. I was speaking colloquially in the sense that the removal was not done capriciously o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] “For Cause”

Let's get real. Let's stop apologising for Jimmy Wales or pretending he's our Royal family and can never be correctly held to account for his actions. We can say without any doubt that Jimmy is a bully, he misuses "confidentiality" as a political weapon, and he has repeatedly been emotionally unab

Re: [Wikimedia-l] “For Cause”

On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 10:09 AM, James Heilman wrote: > In a Dec 30th, 2015 personal email JW touched on two potential reasons but > they are unfounded. I've lost count of the number of times Jimmy Wales said in recent months that he would know "within a few days" whether it was fine to publis

[Wikimedia-l] “For Cause”

Following my removal from the WMF board, Jimmy Wales publicly stated “But in this case, it isn't relevant as this was a removal for cause.--Jimbo Wales (talk ) 08:54, 30 December 2015 (UTC)” h