On 26/02/2022 08:10, Lothar K. Becker wrote:
Please take also into account as there was mentioned if someone else like from China want to engage for the sake of TDF would be hindered to contribute by
If I can make a recommendation, create a list of specific criteria that will result in temporary/permanent suspension of an advisory board member, due to the actions of their government. As part of that document, provide the specific steps required for the former advisory board member to be re-instated into that role. (One of the virtues of bureaucratization is that it is administered with abject indifference to all and sundry.)
At the same time, ponder on whether or not there are circumstances in which a board member can be temporarily/permanently suspended due to the actions of either the government of the country in which they reside, or they are a citizen of, and if so, add those criteria to the _Conflict of Interest for Board Members_ document.
Ukraine is not the only flash-point formulated on the basis of a history that is not necessarily part of shared reality.
Because we want the best for TDF in long term we should do that. Sometimes it costs something in short term to follow fundamental values, but in long term it will pay out in the one or other way.
+1 jonathon
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