[Foundation-l] A Board member's perspective

Wed May 12 10:14:19 UTC 2010

On 12 May 2010 00:38, David Goodman <dgoodmanny at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think we will only make progress when we accept the apologies of the
> people involved.  I can understand that they want to at least formally
> defend the original board statement, but I think they--and we all-
> -recognize that the discussion has moved in a somewhat more permissive
> direction now than that first statement implied.   When people admit
> they've acting over-hastily, as by now I think essentially everyone
> has, I don't see the point of continue to berate them about it.

The board has grievously condemned the work of the volunteers on
Commons. "whoops sorry lol" really doesn't cut it to restore trust in
them.

- d.