Dr James, thank you for your work in Wikimedia governance (and for that matter, management so far.) I really hope a full, thoughtful, and defensible statement in support of his decision will be coming from the rest of the board shortly. I'm a little bit disturbed to see a respected community member who was elected with a significant mandate removed from the board without there being something like allegations of financial malfeasance, etc, involved. The Wikimedia Foundation board does (literally) directly control the projects, and does (literally) directly have the ability to appoint and dismiss board members at its will, but I would hope that such power would be exercised with extreme discretion, especially with regards to a community member generally as well-respected and with as solid judgement as Dr. James has.
--- Kevin Gorman On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 2:43 PM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 28th 2015 I was removed from the board of the Wikimedia Foundation. > Many thanks to all those who gave me their support during the last > election. I have worked in the last six month to honor the trust placed in > me by advocating for our values, communities, and projects. > > Sincerely > James Heilman > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine > www.opentextbookofmedicine.com > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>