[Foundation-l] Re: Resignation as CRO

Fri Aug 19 02:36:08 UTC 2005

Erik Moeller wrote:
> As I said, I don't know what arguments were raised in the internal
> discussions, but I do know that I was a bit surprised Jimmy was the one
> announcing the appointments, so I specifically asked Anthere and Angela
> whether they reflected the opinion of the board, or just that of Jimmy
> Wales personally. Anthere's response was:
> 
>> Yes, the appointments reflect an internal agreement of the board.
>> However, since it was highly official decision, we considered it
>> appropriate that Jimbo announced it,
>> which is his role as the president of Wikimedia Foundation.
> 
>> As previously indicated, the board does not take decisions by vote,
>> but by consensus.
>> This means all positions given received opinions between strong
>> support to neutral opinion.
> 
> This was publicly posted on this list:
> 
> http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2005-May/003340.html
> 
> Have you read that e-mail? Or are you accusing Anthere of lying?

Yes, fair enough, that's a good point. It looks like I was mistaken the
whole deal thing. I suppose I was mis-remembering her comments.

-- Tim Starling