Dear Wikimedians
I have been thinking more about my message to this mailing list and the
reactions it caused, and I want to offer my apologies. People who know me
know that I always speak my mind and I am a direct person. I think this is
one of the reasons people voted for me on the Board.
When we had the Movement Charter vote last year and people were questioning
the Board’s decision, I wrote a message to explain my personal reasons for
my vote, especially since this was one of the campaign issues in my
election to the Board. I felt it was important to keep my promise.
So I did that again here. But my mistake was that this board decision is
about people, not about a document, and people don’t deserve to be drawn
attention to in ways that can cause harm. I also understand that the
Board’s code of conduct requires Trustees to coordinate their public
communications on collective decisions, which I did not do this time.
I am frustrated by what I see as inaccurate information about some aspects
of the election but understand that sometimes not all forms of official
communications can satisfy everyone.
First and foremost, I would like to apologise to Ravan and Lane for any
harm I may have caused them as people. In hindsight, it sounds naive that I
did not intend it. I will tell them more personally but a public apology is
essential. I would also like to apologise to any Wikimedian who experienced
any negative emotions as a result of my letter. And I apologise to the
Board and staff as well for breaking the agreed commnucation strategy.
I have decided to immediately suspend myself from most of the board
activities until the end of the year, in coordination with Board officers.
I will continue my Wikimedia activities such as editing, uploading photos
etc.
Thank you for reading this letter.
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Kind regards, Victoria
Victoria Doronina
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/dr-victoria-doronina/> (she/her)
Trustee
Sister Projects Taskforce Lead
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
"Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Please help us make it a reality."
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