Thank you Alexander, I must agree with your general idea.
Before starting to give lessons about transparency and participation to
independent organizations, we should start by being exemplary. While
being clear about the community's adhesion to the message would indeed
be a great start, I would go further and request consultation. The board
is IMO empowered to release such statements unilaterally, but a call for
participation is weakened if we ourselves fail to allow participation in
such a high-profile case.
Consulting the community obviously delays reaction, but the level of
urgency doesn't prevent it in this case. Input from the community would
not only allow to validate that the message reflects the community's
position, but it would ensure optimal communication of that position.
Le 2021-03-25 à 00:33, Alexander Potashev a écrit :
Thanks for the effort Aleix!
It would be nice to clarify whose opinions this linked message
represents. If this is something that the KDE e.V. Board voted for,
then probably a signature "KDE e.V. Board of Directors" on the bottom
of the page would make sense.
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Alexander Potashev
On Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 23:27 Aleix Pol <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Dear community,
From the KDE e.V. we followed closely the discussions on the last few
days regarding this recent decision within the Free Software
Foundation's leadership.
We have tried to sum up our thoughts in the following announcement
with the hope to foster collectively the Free Software leadership we
need.
https://ev.kde.org/2021/03/24/on-the-reappointment-of-rms-fsf/
<https://ev.kde.org/2021/03/24/on-the-reappointment-of-rms-fsf/>
Looking forward to a more inclusive discussion that will shape the
Free Software movement of tomorrow.
Best regards,
Aleix Pol with the KDE e.V. Board of Directors
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Philippe Cloutier
http://www.philippecloutier.com
