Hi Philip, On Thu, 2019-06-06 at 11:20 -0700, Philip Chimento via foundation-list wrote: > [SNIP] > It's public knowledge that you've disagreed with decisions made by > the currently sitting board of directors. Different points of view, > disagreement, and debate within the board are normal, healthy, and > expected, but I believe that so are collaboration, respect, and trust > while engaging in debate. > > On several occasions you've insinuated publicly that the current > directors are untrustworthy or involved in something shady, without > making any overt accusations that could be responded to factually. > https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Board/issues/60 is an example of this. > I can't speak for any of the other candidates, but I would find an > atmosphere where people operate out of distrust, if it existed on the > board, detrimental to a good working relationship. > > If elected to the board, how would you help to build trust and > collaborative working relationships among the directors, and > encourage healthy debate?
I did not mean to express distrust when asking for more transparency. I am really not proud of some of the things that I said in that ticket. But I also maintain that its handling by the Board has been far from optimal and remains insufficient to this day[1]. I do not think that issue #60 is at all comparable with the work on the Board. Issue #60 is all about the Board being in the position where it holds all the information but it did not share this information in a timely and efficient manner. On the other hand, when working inside the Board everyone has access to the same information, creating an environment where healthy discussions become much easier. Furthermore, I can only stress, that I do not see any trust issues between individuals here. This is a matter of transparency and other concerns about the Boards handling of issue #60. Looking at the other questions to candidates, I am not the only one with such concerns. I am really happy to see that many candidates have brought in ideas on how the Board can become more transparent and approachable. I am sure that such an improved approachability will help to prevent situations like issue #60. I am looking forward to working with you and other Directors to implement these ideas. Regards, Benjamin [1] Against Alexandre's explicit request his statement from the following meeting has never been published verbatim. PS: To anyone who might try to read issue #60, please be advised that there are plenty of references to events that happened years ago and in private situations. I am happy to answer questions about this, but will likely not be able to share all details.
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