Thanks Atsma I would be happy to return to the board. I ran initially as I believe our success will be greatest when the WMF and community are working together as equals. Of course, Katherine taking over as intern ED is a big step towards this goal. I believe I can still contribute substantially to this end.
James On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Atsme <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> > -- 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>
