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This seems unusual. Isn't the board responsible for appointing the CEO, to begin with? How can it be that half the board resigns after their own CEO appointme
by jwise0 13y ago
This seems unusual. Isn't the board responsible for appointing the CEO, to begin with? How can it be that half the board resigns after their own CEO appointment?
Even if the appointment were simply a majority of the board, that in and of itself raises bizarre questions. Why is a CEO appointed only on a 3-3 (or 4-2) vote? Usually you would want unanimity in important things like this.
This certainly opens up a lot of questions.
- voidlogic 13y agoMozilla bylaws doesn't seem to state the the mechanics of officer appointment- just that they do it? https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-bylaws.pdf https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-bylaws.pd...
- heycam 13y agoThe bylaws of the Corporation are more relevant: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/legal/bylaws.html http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/legal/bylaws.html
- petercooper 13y agothe people familiar with the situation said. They did not want to be identified because they are not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. I'm going to be simultaneously cynical and optimistic here, but the story so far appears to be based on anonymous hearsay. Eich's appointment could perhaps be a smaller part of a big shakeup at Mozilla, board and all, that isn't predicated entirely on Eich. Alternatively, and perhaps most realistically, the board members who voted for Eich may not have considered it a problem until they saw the backlash, both internally and externally. Both people and organizations alike can backtrack and develop new ideals based upon the reactions to their actions. While we're doing hearsay though, I've heard no new CTO is on the cards which strikes me as odd. Edit: I don't know how legit this is, but I just saw this on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TruthTellerMoz1/status/449673366208012288 https://twitter.com/TruthTellerMoz1/status/44967336620801228...
- voidlogic 13y agoThe bylaws say the board can remove officers, if they were having buyers regret, why not go that route?
- petercooper 13y agoThen the question is, is it more harmful to Mozilla to do that versus crossing fingers and hoping the issue blows over? It did last time, and it could do so again with a couple of weeks of radio silence. (Not that I'm suggesting it should, but tech controversies have a way of running their course quickly.)
- olssy 13y agoI think Eich was also on the board which would have made it 4-3. Not sure though.