If what you're saying is true, then it's a pretty gross breach of trust and privacy. I don't care how small a community is, there should be some minimum expecta

If what you're saying is true, then it's a pretty gross breach of trust and privacy. I don't care how small a community is, there should be some minimum expectation of privacy around a transition, independent of the legality. Drop me a line - mallyvai at offerletter.io - I guide a lot of other engineers on job-related stuff (i founded offerletter.io ) - we may be able to help here (and we're absolutely discreet about this stuff :-) -V