I think Alison has explained what she meant by that
comment: the intention
of her Foundation-l comment was that she held concerns a new WER board being
"under the cloud of the previous (less successful) board," as opposed to her
not trusting the new board and therefore not supporting their replacing her.
I haven't seen that explanation and I don't see how her words can be
interpreted in that way. She was pretty clear.
At least, that's what I hope it meant. Alternative
interpretations are a
little more concerning: one would hope that the current board would hold
enough trust in the wider WMUK community for them to support members from
that community replacing them at the next election.
Sure, one would have hoped that, but the facts would suggest otherwise.