Sorry for top posting, but I could not formulate it better. Thanks, Jim!
Am February 28, 2020 6:06:38 PM UTC schrieb Jim Henderson
The concern, as I see it, is this:
* 2 board members resigned for similar or related reasons * The board can fill those vacancies through an appointment
Now, we don't know (and I'm not asking for details) what the reasons are for the resignations. But it seems that, based on comments made by those who resigned, they didn't feel they could remain because things happened that (as Christian put it) went against [their] principles and beliefs.
That seems to indicate that there was some sort of intractable disagreement that took place.
So...now the board gets to pick a new board member whom will "get in line" with the thing that the two who resigned disagreed strongly enough with that they felt they had no choice but to resign?
Note that I'm not saying Vincent was the wrong choice to replace Sarah - I completely agree with and support that outcome, based on the election
results. He was a logical choice.
But there's a possible appearance of impropriety here, and an appointment now without general information as to the nature of the conflict is going to appear to be tainted, whether it is or isn't.
What's clear to me is this: Something is seriously wrong in the board - serious and intractable enough that two board members felt *resignation* was their best course of action.
I find the opaqueness to be a bit troubling, and saying "please don't speculate" causes people to do the exact opposite. That's human nature.
As someone who manages people myself, I completely understand that there are legitimate reasons to not be completely transparent. But if 40% of
my team quit over the course of a couple of weeks for reasons that apparently had to do with being put in the position of going against their principles/beliefs *and* they made that clear on their way out the door, other teams that I interacted with would expect some sort of explanation as to why I was having to change my priorities around in order to accommodate our shared goals. (Of course, in such a situation, I might also find myself leaving the organization as well for a failure
of leadership - which doesn't apply here, and I'm *certainly* NOT suggesting that Gerald leave because of this.)
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