Hi, I second everything said below. Yann
2016-05-08 5:20 GMT+02:00 Todd Allen <toddmal...@gmail.com>: > Denny, > > I appreciate that you've put forth this account. That's in no way facetious > or just a pretext, I am actually very glad to see someone speak to this. > > I'd like, however, to suggest what would actually begin the process of > healing, since that's your intent. Most of us knew at least more or less > what James was accused of. > > First, James needs to be restored to the Board, or at very least, his > restoration needs to be passed as a referendum to the community. Since > you've now posted your side, there's no reason that the community, rather > than the Board, shouldn't decide on James' trusteeship. That needs to > happen now, not at the next election, and it should have happened to start > with. > > Second, the Board needs to resolve never to remove a community trustee > except by a successful recall referendum to the community. The Board should > never, under any circumstances, remove a community trustee without consent > of the community that elected them. That was unacceptable and must never > happen again. There will be no "healing" without a promise that it will > not. > > Third, the "founder" seat needs to be eliminated. Jimmy would be, of > course, eligible to run for a community seat or be appointed to an expert > seat, but he shouldn't be a "member for life". Alternatively, the "founder" > seat could be made into an advisory, non-voting position. > > And finally, while this part is optional, it wouldn't hurt for the Board to > increase the number of community elected ( and not "recommended", elected) > seats to a majority. While there's room for "expert" appointed seats and > chapter selected seats (and no, chapter selected seats are NOT community > selected seats), the community should be in control and have a majority, > and the others should be an advisory minority. The community has always > been in charge of WMF projects, and this should continue to be the case. > > If you want to actually start the healing process, rather than deflect, at > the very least the first three things need to be done. If you want to > regain trust, all of them need to be. The community needs to be in charge. > > Todd > > _______________________________________________ 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>
