I think this email, cited by Sara Safavi, from Marc Vloemans [1] is just
unbelievable and thus unacceptable to this community.
I demand a public apology by Marc Vloemans for his accusations against
Sara Safavi and the OSGeo organisation and community. Furthermore, I
demand the OSGeo board to force LocationTech to publish the finacial
records as a matter of course. I also suggest to discontinue any
relationships with LocationTech if there is no public apology for this
incident.
If we (OSGeo) fail to make it at clear as possible, that mafia-like
behavior of silencing very valid requests about holding a promise for
transparency (i.e. a core value of our community), is unacceptable and
thus will not be accepted by any means. Otherwise THIS will become very
toxic for OSGeo indeed.
[1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2018-June/004774.html
Am 21.06.2018 um 23:50 schrieb Sara:
Hi Cameron, all,
I was originally trying to avoid any semblance of "stirring up
trouble", but I think I messed up and need to be clearer.
Earlier in this thread I said:
> It's not a matter of hurtful words, though; it's no longer wanting to be affiliated with a
community whose members make open threats to my employment. I like &
need my job too much to continue making myself a target for that.
For the benefit of anyone on discuss@ who is not also on
conference_dev@, I am referring to the message I replied to here:
https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2018-June/004774.html
To be excessively clear: after the above exchange, I do not feel safe
participating further in a community which has *officers* who can
attempt to threaten my livelihood unchallenged, simply because I
persisted in asking a question.
As I told Jeff earlier, I'll still be out here "doing the work" but
the OSGeo community no longer feels like a safe or welcoming place for
me to do that from.
Cameron said:
> We should do our best to ensure opinions are stated respectfully, and
encourage forgiveness when we slip up and get a bit passionate.
I'm not sure who you are referring to with this, but please do let me
know if you mean me.
Regards,
Sara
On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shor...@gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Sara,
+1 to Jeff and Maxi's words of personal support.
We are an effective community when people feel welcomed and
participate. This doesn't happen when people leave, either
silently (as is usually the case), or publicly as you have
suggested here. We should be able to hear people's opinions and
respect their right to say them. We should do our best to ensure
opinions are stated respectfully, and encourage forgiveness when
we slip up and get a bit passionate.
(We say as much in our Code of Conduct).
https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/
<https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/>
Warm regards, Cameron
On 21/6/18 12:26 am, Jeff McKenna wrote:
Hi Sara,
Although we haven't (yet) shared FOSS4G travels together I
have to say that I truly admire your passion and efforts, and
we share a lot of the same traits (do-ing, asking questions,
diving in, etc.) I strongly second Maxi's words. You are a
leader and a big part of the OSGeo community. Much of what
you have been saying or asking I've been literally taking
notes of how we can improve. In fact I see you taking on more
of a role and not less. I am just speaking from the heart and
being open.
I know how the written word can be so hurtful these days (and
I don't want / but yet know that unfortunately my own words
here can be misinterpreted as taking one side versus another),
but I hope this public support shown here can give you renewed
hope and energy for the OSGeo community.
I encourage you to keep being you.
-jeff
On 2018-06-19 2:03 PM, Sara wrote:
Hello community,
Can someone point me at the relevant documentation re:
retiring current membership status? Specifically, related
to Charter membership.
I understand the processes to nominate & add new charter
members but not clear on how current charter members can
retire.
To put it another way: how to edit
https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
<https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/>
<https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
<https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/>>?
Thanks,
Sara Safavi
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