We are now approaching 2 weeks since the open letter to the Chairman of the WMF board. There has been no formal response, nor any commitment to take action. Consequently a simple open and public vote of confidence for Geshuri's appointment has been created.
Link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Vote_of_confidence:Arnnon_Geshuri Please vote or add your comment there. Thanks, Fae On 7 January 2016 at 10:38, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Patricio Lorente, > > I request that the WMF board take immediate action to publish a > comprehensive account of why you appointed Geshuri as a trustee, > despite his direct involvement and being named as a defendant in the > on-going scandal of anticompetitive agreements at Google, or that > Geshuri chooses to step down from his new position of trust. > > This is being separated out as an open letter to the board in a new > discussion thread, to avoid getting confused with other issues. In the > light of recent challenges to the WMF with regard to a dramatic loss > of confidence in their senior management and the politicking behind > the loss of James Heilman as a trustee openly advocating for > transparency to the actions of the WMF board, Geshuri's background > with anticompetitive practices can only damage confidence in the WMF > board with regard to their duty to hold WMF senior management to > account and acting with the highest possible accountability and public > transparency. > > Links showing Geshuri's public footprint on this issue: > 1. > http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/27/2753701/no-poach-scandal-unredacted-steve-jobs-eric-schmidt-paul-otellini > 2. > http://www.lieffcabraser.com/Antitrust/Apple-Google-Silicon-Valley-No-Cold-Calling.shtml > 3. > http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/03/23/google-shareholders-miffed-over-wage-fight.htm > 4. > https://www.quora.com/How-is-Arnnon-Geshuri-current-VP-HR-at-Tesla-and-former-chief-architect-of-staffing-at-Google-good-at-what-he-does > > Yours sincerely, > Fae > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Andrew Green <agr...@wikimedia.org> > Date: 7 January 2016 at 08:58 > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Interesting to note Arnnon's role in the Silicon Valley anti-poaching > affair: > http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/27/2753701/no-poach-scandal-unredacted-steve-jobs-eric-schmidt-paul-otellini > > - Andrew > -- > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae Personal and confidential, please do not circulate or re-quote. _______________________________________________ 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>
