[Foundation-l] Foundation Discretion Regarding Personnel Matters

Fri Dec 14 18:32:07 UTC 2007

On Dec 14, 2007 1:11 PM, Rob Smith <nobs03 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/14/07, Brad Patrick <bradp.wmf at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > To answer whoever asked about me above:
> >
> > I left for the reasons stated in my [[letter of resignation]] see
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BradPatrick.
>
> Let's look at the timeline.
>
> Essjay posts on February 2 2007 he provided all his real life information to
> Jimbo Wales and Angela Beasley, and then the same information to Brad
> Patrick but does not say when this occurred.
>
> The next day February 3 Florence Devouard makes a Foundation Annoucement
> that Brad Patrick would be resuming his role as General Counsel exclusively
> after serving as Interim Executive Director and to now "focus on developing
> the role of General Counsel, and addressing a backlog of complex legal
> questions the Foundation faces moving forward."
>
> Six weeks later Brad announces his resignation which was tendered "some
> weeks ago."
>
My question was about Brad's removal as ED, not about his resignation as GC.