It's more complex if they've acted illegally, certainly. Under the law they're citing, it looks like they have. Since community directors are elected by a "class" (editors meeting the eligibility requirements), the law states removal would be possible only by that class, one would presume by referendum in this case.
I think we need to know if the Board considered this requirement. On Dec 29, 2015 5:33 AM, "Gerard Meijssen" <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hoi, > <grin> it is a great shitstorm</grin> Do remember that a community chosen > representative voted the other community chosen representative out. It is > not a case of he must be good, the others are bad. It is more complicated. > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 29 December 2015 at 13:19, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > there are bigger questions than why like; > > > > - how can this take place > > - how can the community ensure its representatives independence in the > > future, > > - what effect will this have on other elected representatives on the > > board > > > > The Florida statute( > > https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2011/617.0808 ) referred > > to earlier says that If a director is elected by a class, chapter, or > other > > organizational unit, or by region or other geographic grouping, the > > director may be removed only by the members of that class, chapter, unit, > > or grouping. Do they even have ability to remove the person in the first > > place given the action of the board why are they also determining the > next > > steps in the replacing our representative. > > > > Gn. > > > > On 29 December 2015 at 19:53, Thomas Goldammer <tho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > 2015-12-29 10:15 GMT+01:00 Isarra Yos <zhoris...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > > > > It says a lot, but just what that is depends entirely on the context. > > And > > > > for community members who voted for him, that context could mean we > > > should > > > > also no longer have confidence in him elsewhere in the projects, or > in > > > the > > > > board, or have no bearing on either thing whatsoever. Not knowing > just > > > > means there's no indication what to trust. > > > > > > > > > I'd rather lose the trust and confidence in those 8 Board members than > in > > > him without knowing what was the cause for his disbarment. ;) > > > > > > Maybe the Board by-laws have to be changed, too. Throwing out a > > > community-elected member like this, without providing a reason, is no > way > > > to deal with the community who elected this member. It should be > > mandatory > > > that the Board provides reasons together with the announcement to avoid > > > exactly this kind of discussions and speculations, not a day (or more) > > > later. > > > > > > And as for no-cause disbarments for community-elected members in a > > > community-driven environment - uhm... I don't need to delve into that, > > > everyone can see the problem. The Board should just not be allowed to > > > disbar community-elected members without a cause, as that undermines > the > > > authority of the community over those seats on the Board. > > > > > > Th. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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>