Then without further delay, his reappointment should happen ASAP. I don’t understand why it should go back to the community for reelection when it was a Board decision to remove him. The Board should simply apologize and reinstate James Hellman now.
Betty Wills (Atsme) > On May 5, 2016, at 12:06 PM, James Heilman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jimmy, thank you for retracting this statement. > > James > > On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Jimmy Wales <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was speaking only for myself, and I am happy to retract the comment >> fully and without reservation. >> >> The reasons for the removal have been recently put forward with >> significant clarity in Denny's statement. >> >> I was speaking colloquially in the sense that the removal was not done >> capriciously or randomly but for reasons that the board thought >> meaningful. I did not know and do not know the full legal meaning of the >> phrase "for cause" and meant nothing more than that people had reasons that >> they thought sufficient. >> >> As I told James before the meeting, I decided to vote with the majority, >> whatever that may be, on the principle that if he really had lost the >> support of the rest of the board, he would not be able to function >> effectively. As I have said, if James were to be re-elected by the >> community, I would agree with his return to the board. >> >> On 05/05/2016 02:09, James Heilman wrote: >> >> Following my removal from the WMF board, Jimmy Wales publicly stated >> >> “But in this case, it isn't relevant as this was a removal for cause.--Jimbo >> Wales <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales> (talk >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#top>) 08:54, 30 >> December 2015 (UTC)” >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_201> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_201 >> >> If I was removed “for cause” by my fellow board members I would like to >> request a written statement outlining what this cause was. In a Dec 30th, >> 2015 personal email JW touched on two potential reasons but they are >> unfounded. If these are indeed the reasons I was removed, I feel a public >> discussion would be useful. >> >> If JW was not speaking in an official capacity and I was not removed “for >> cause”, I would like to request a statement from the board to that effect. >> >> Sincerely >> -- >> James Heilman >> MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian >> >> The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine >> www.opentextbookofmedicine.com >> >> >> > > > -- > 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: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
