I regret that Fae has thought it necessary to bring his personal
grievance against the UK chapter and one specific individual over to the
Wikimedia-l mailing list now that he is unable to make such comments on
the Wikimedia-UK list or the WMUK website. I would hope that the
moderators will consider whether providing a platform for this type of
attack is conducive to the health of the Wikimedia movement.
Best regards
Michael
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Michael Maggs
Chair, Wikimedia UK
Fæ <mailto:fae...@gmail.com>
5 December 2014 14:30
No, I and another trustee made that exceedingly clear.
Though I was a trustee, I was excluded by the then Chairman from the
vote on how we proceeded. It was a truly nasty way to conduct the
matter. A procedurally and legally recorded vote of the board was
never held, something that I strongly complained about at the time.
This was never corrected nor was there ever a personal apology. I
would hope that the current board behaves differently with trustees
who might oppose the "party line", though as that same trustee is
still on the board, I guess meaningful governance reform has yet to
happen. Every indication shows that politics and PR are still
considered more important than public transparency and honesty to the
community.
I have raised this before, but I think it's too "non-positive" a
"non-success" to get anywhere with the way the charity that I helped
to create works today. My reward for being concerned about the
organization, is that I am no longer allowed to be a voting member of
the UK charity.
Fae
Fæ <mailto:fae...@gmail.com>
5 December 2014 10:56
Actually, under Sue Gardner, the offer was that if the chapter did
change its ways, it would become a payment processor again. As a
trustee at that time, who was sent all the correspondence, this was
exactly what was put in writing.
Presumably the WMF still have serious concerns about WMUK, otherwise
this would have happened in 2014. Perhaps a current trustee could
confirm the situation openly and transparently?
Fae
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