As returning officer for the Fellowship Council election[1], I'm writing to confirm these are the winners:
1. Garfield 2. Florian Snow 3. Joe Awni Congratulations and thanks to all those who volunteered for this responsibility, especially given the challenges faced by volunteers in the current climate. I will communicate with the new Council privately to help them get up and running quickly. According to the FSFE e.V. membership page[2], there are only 26 people registered as members of that organization. 57 Fellows voted in the Fellowship Council election. That is more than double the number of members registered in FSFE e.V. I feel this shows that Fellows value democracy. When considering these numbers, it is also important not to forget that rather than voting, hundreds[3] of people simply quit in 2018 after FSFE's leadership ended elections and tried to move Fellows to the Supporter program without consent. Some people have expressed concerns that there is division in the community. I feel that the root cause of the division lies in those changes and the subsequent exodus from the Fellowship. Ending the divisions may involve asking each Fellow to individually consent to joining the Supporter program or simply recognizing all Fellows as members of FSFE e.V. Then the Fellowship and FSFE e.V. would effectively merge into one organization. Some people have made complaints that there has been a sense of entitlement at play. The vote was announced immediately after the mailing list migration. The participation has been large enough to give a mandate to the Fellowship Council so there is no sense of entitlement at play. People who remain unhappy with the mailing lists or the leadership are free to resign and/or unsubscribe. Regards, Daniel -- Former FSFE Fellowship Representative 1. https://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_fe3a97bcd00c3e1b 2. https://fsfe.org/about/team.en.html 3. https://fsfellowship.eu/2018/09/08/who-were-the-fsfe-fellowship.html
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