El Tue, 3 Mar 2026 17:14:46 +0000 Matthew Wild <[email protected]> escribió: > Hi folks, > > These have come up before, but I don't think the board has ever > actually voted on them as an agenda item (forgive me if I'm wrong, but > I found no record of it). > > Therefore, I would like these two membership-related proposals to be > picked up for discussion and voting by the board: > > 1) Make the publication of members' real names optional > > This has come up a number of times, and there is broad consensus that > we don't need to publish real names of our members, even if we may > need to have them privately on file. > > This proposal would be to explicitly permit members to reveal their > names only to the XSF Secretary, and allow pseudonyms to be used > elsewhere. > > I believe that adoption of this proposal would help encourage more > people to join the XSF as members, who may be unwilling to publish > their real name on the internet, or connect their identity with the > XSF (for which I can think of countless possible reasons).
+1 with the "default" and "opt-out" path for the same reasons exposed by Guus in his reply > 2) Cease publishing vote tallies for membership applications > > It has been raised before, by someone who said it contributed to not > renewing their membership, that the presence of "no" votes on the > membership page was not a good experience. > > Realistically, it is very rare for members to be accepted unanimously > (most people have some "no" votes, and this will only increase as our > membership increases). However, I fear that publishing the vote counts > turns it into something of an unnecessary popularity contest, even if > it isn't aiming to be one. It's not necessary for them to be public, > as long as we keep the results on file. > > For people who are part of minorities in our community, it can be > disconcerting to be told that some people voted against them, and to > have a publicly visible record and ranking. > > Therefore I am proposing reduction of our membership results to a list > of accepted members instead of publishing tallies publicly. +1 > I am not proposing changes to our council or board elections, as I > think those would need additional consideration and may warrant > greater transparency. > > Regards, > Matthew Thank you for keeping it concise and to the point. Excellent proposals Matthew. Regards, Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi
