It is good that you keep such track of the commitment. It would be nice if
that were done in a more constructive fashion.

You will often find me on your side when asking for more transparency. I do
think that doing this in a more constructive way will be much more
effective in the long run.

Lodewijk

Op dinsdag 22 maart 2016 heeft Fæ <[email protected]> het volgende
geschreven:

> Hi Lodewijk, thanks for stepping in to rationalize Jimmy Wales'
> behaviour in the silence from WMF trustees or Jimmy.
>
> Last week Kolbe summarized the situation in an email as:
> "Walking away rewards and encourages the strategy that Jimmy has
> consciously
> or unconsciously applied here: tell people that their questions are
> justified, setting up an expectation that their queries will be looked
> into, and then ignore any further questions. Give people something that
> sounds like a promise, to pacify them, and then hope that everyone forgets.
> ....
> If Jimmy is not forthcoming on the above by John Vandenberg, I suggest we
> start a public vote of no confidence for him, as we did for Arnnon. It has
> gone on long enough."
>
> Jimmy made a commitment to publish by Monday and effectively halted
> this discussion while we waited for Monday to come, and pass.
>
> It's nice to wrap things up with complements and pleasantries, however
> when this is tried the questions still end up being forgotten, taken
> on tangents or given strangely obfuscatory replies that never take the
> issue head on and cherry pick at parts of the question. None of this
> gives confidence in the self-governance or transparency commitments
> from our "appointed" WMF board of trustees.
>
> Fae
>
>
> On 22 March 2016 at 18:18, Lodewijk <[email protected]
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Let me rephrase that for you:
> >
> > Hey Jimmy, thanks for this commitment. I would definitely be interested.
> > Were you successful in getting clarity?
> >
> > If we all would spend a tiny bit more effort on how we ask things and
> > argue, the last would be more pleasant and people would probably be more
> > tempted to interact.
> >
> > Lodewijk
> >
> > Op dinsdag 22 maart 2016 heeft Fæ <[email protected] <javascript:;>> het
> volgende
> > geschreven:
> >
> >> It's now Tuesday, so presumably Jimmy Wales' commitment to publish
> >> something by yesterday at the latest was met somewhere.
> >>
> >> Can anyone share a link to it?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Fae
> >>
> >> On 16 March 2016 at 17:58, Jimmy Wales <[email protected]
> <javascript:;>
> >> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >> > I think all will be clear by Monday.  Maybe sooner, but I'm not
> >> > promising any sooner.
> >> >
> >> > On 3/10/16 12:13 AM, John Mark Vandenberg wrote:
> >> >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 6:51 AM, SarahSV <[email protected]
> <javascript:;>
> >> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 4:42 PM, John Mark Vandenberg <
> [email protected] <javascript:;>
> >> <javascript:;>>
> >> >>> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Are we still waiting for Jimmy to agree/reject to James' request to
> >> >>>> release an email?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Yes. Jimmy said on 28 February that he wanted to speak to others
> about
> >> >>> whether it was okay to release his 30 December 2015 email to James.
> [1]
> >>
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>
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