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 <atsme(a)outlook.com> 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
<jmh649(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Jimmy, thank you for retracting this statement.
James
On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Jimmy Wales <jimmywales(a)ymail.com>
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
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