Re: KDE should rather act then just "strike" (Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?)

On 19.09.19 20:58, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 19. September 2019, 19:35:53 CEST schrieb Nate Graham: >> On 9/19/19 11:05 AM, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: >>> More, I see all those "strikes" are substitutes for people actually >>> handling or at least for postponing their

Re: Re[2]: FSF leadership

Good question, Jake. On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 3:07 PM Jay tay wrote: > Why does race, gender etc. Even have to be discussed. More politics in a > non political place. I'd rather talk about tech and furthering this > project. This is ridiculous. > > -- > Jake A. > ::snip old:: The reason the

Re[2]: FSF leadership

Why does race, gender etc. Even have to be discussed. More politics in a non political place. I'd rather talk about tech and furthering this project. This is ridiculous. -- Jake A. Thursday, 19 September 2019, 05:12p.m. -04:00 from Ingo Klöcker kloec...@kde.org: On

Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday? - Proposal

El dijous, 19 de setembre de 2019, a les 23:20:29 CEST, Lew Wolfgang va escriure: > On 9/19/19 7:45 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > What do we choose? Climate Action. When do we choose it? Now. > > Okay, this is a leap too far. Politics should not be introduced here, and it > is "Politics".

Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday? - Proposal

On 9/19/19 7:45 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: What do we choose? Climate Action. When do we choose it? Now. Okay, this is a leap too far.  Politics should not be introduced here, and it is "Politics". I'm out of here, Maybe Gnome isn't "woke"? Now, how do I unsubscribe from this off-topic

Re: FSF leadership

On Donnerstag, 19. September 2019 14:48:28 CEST John Tapsell wrote: > Now using the term "race" is "copying racists"? Wtf? Language barrier problem. Unlike in English, in German, the literal translation of the term "race", i.e. "Rasse", has a different meaning than the English term "race". In

Re: FSF leadership

Thanks for all the input so far, especially from Lydia on behalf of the Board. On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:17 PM Nate Graham wrote: > I find it amusing that there is such diversity in interpretations of > what "ensure diversity" means. :) > > Some people seem to interpret it to mean "remove

Re: FSF leadership

Hello, On Thu, 19 Sep 2019, 18:58 Thomas Pfeiffer, wrote: > On 19.09.19 11:48, Agustin Benito (toscalix) wrote: > > Hello again, > > > > a clarification from my side... > > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:16 AM Agustín Benito > wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am against this. I find

Re: FSF leadership

I find it amusing that there is such diversity in interpretations of what "ensure diversity" means. :) Some people seem to interpret it to mean "remove institutional barriers and bias faced by non-straight-white-male candidates" and other people interpret it to mean "prefer and promote

Re: FSF leadership

Now using the term "race" is "copying racists"? Wtf? On Thu, 19 Sep 2019, 21:37 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau, wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 19. September 2019, 10:31:38 CEST schrieb Christian Loosli: > > I think that people should be elected into positions based on their > > suitability for that

Re: FSF leadership

It is amazing to see as we reach the year 2020, the amount of ignorance (willful or otherwise) regarding what ensuring diversity means among the educated adults in this group. The call to ensure diversity does not mean choosing someone less qualified who is not "white straight male" for the

Re: FSF leadership

I also agree with us insisting on only preapproved skin color and genitals. On Thu, 19 Sep 2019, 11:59 Valorie Zimmerman, wrote: > As many of you know, Richard Stallman has stepped down from the FSF. > However, his supporters on the FSF Board remain. The FSF is on our Advisory > Board,

Re: KDE should rather act then just "strike" (Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?)

Am Donnerstag, 19. September 2019, 19:35:53 CEST schrieb Nate Graham: > On 9/19/19 11:05 AM, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > > More, I see all those "strikes" are substitutes for people actually > > handling or at least for postponing their own handling. Do you really > > need politicians to

Re: KDE should rather act then just "strike" (Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?)

+1 tor 2019-09-19 klockan 11:35 -0600 skrev Nate Graham: > On 9/19/19 11:05 AM, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > > More, I see all those "strikes" are substitutes for people actually > > handling > > or at least for postponing their own handling. Do you really need > > politicians > > to

Re: KDE should rather act then just "strike" (Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?)

On 9/19/19 11:05 AM, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: More, I see all those "strikes" are substitutes for people actually handling or at least for postponing their own handling. Do you really need politicians to decide for you that you should look at what you consume and do and what harm it does

Re: KDE should rather act then just "strike" (Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?)

Hi Thomas, Am Donnerstag, 19. September 2019, 15:04:41 CEST schrieb Thomas Pfeiffer: > Of course KDE needs to care about our own environmental impact, which is > why we have the ongoing discussion about an environmental policy (it's > currently happening on the KDE e.V. members list because we

Re: FSF leadership

On 19.09.19 11:48, Agustin Benito (toscalix) wrote: > Hello again, > > a clarification from my side... > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:16 AM Agustín Benito wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I am against this. I find disrespectful to tell a fellow organization what >> they should do. I would feel the

Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday? - Proposal

Hi Thomas. Thomas Pfeiffer - 19.09.19, 15:35:27 CEST: > Here is a concrete proposal which I've just brought up on the promo > channel and which seems to gain support there: > > - Add a banner on our website _today_ informing about the Global > Climate Strike which starts tomorrow and telling

Re: KDE should rather act then just "strike" (Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?)

Hi! Thomas Pfeiffer - 19.09.19, 15:04:41 CEST: > On 19.09.19 13:52, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 18. September 2019, 18:01:18 CEST schrieb cahfof...@tuta.io: > >> Hello to all members of the KDE community, > >> > >> this friday (september the 20th) will be a big day in

Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday? - Addition to the proposal

Dear Thomas, dear KDE community, I fully support Thomas' proposal. For the banner, I would take the official footer banner, which can be seen at  https://github.com/fightforthefuture/digital-climate-strike#how-it-works--demo

Re: FSF leadership

On jueves, 19 de septiembre de 2019 12:48:33 (CEST) Harald Sitter wrote: > With that in mind I would propose that we make a statement, but not to > the FSF... our statement should be one in support of a healthy, > diverse and inclusive free software community to that very community > at large.

Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday? - Proposal

Hey everyone, Here is a concrete proposal which I've just brought up on the promo channel and which seems to gain support there: - Add a banner on our website _today_ informing about the Global Climate Strike which starts tomorrow and telling that we support it (not covering the whole website,

Re: KDE should rather act then just "strike" (Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?)

Don't you think you're overcomplicating this? Or "crippling all things but perfection"? The school strike was carried out by kids who, I am sure, had quite a carbon footprint themselves. At which level of individual asceticism is it allower to protest systematic problems or demand that the very

Re: KDE should rather act then just "strike" (Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?)

Hi Friedrich, On 19.09.19 13:52, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 18. September 2019, 18:01:18 CEST schrieb cahfof...@tuta.io: >> Hello to all members of the KDE community, >> >> this friday (september the 20th) will be a big day in climate protests and >> hopefully also in human

Re: KDE should rather act then just "strike" (Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?)

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:52 PM Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 18. September 2019, 18:01:18 CEST schrieb cahfof...@tuta.io: > > Hello to all members of the KDE community, > > > > this friday (september the 20th) will be a big day in climate protests > and > > hopefully also in

Re: KDE should rather act then just "strike" (Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?)

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:52 PM Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 18. September 2019, 18:01:18 CEST schrieb cahfof...@tuta.io: > > Hello to all members of the KDE community, > > > > this friday (september the 20th) will be a big day in climate protests > and > > hopefully also in

Re: FSF leadership

Am Donnerstag, 19. September 2019, 10:31:38 CEST schrieb Christian Loosli: > I think that people should be elected into positions based on their > suitability for that position, which means that things like sex, gender, > race, cultural background, sexual orientation etc. pp. Race? Sounds like

KDE should rather act then just "strike" (Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?)

Am Mittwoch, 18. September 2019, 18:01:18 CEST schrieb cahfof...@tuta.io: > Hello to all members of the KDE community, > > this friday (september the 20th) will be a big day in climate protests and > hopefully also in human history: People in more than 3500 places worldwide > are joining the

Re: Retirement of notes.kde.org

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 1:09 PM Ben Cooksley wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 12:55 PM Aleix Pol wrote: > > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 4:34 AM Ben Cooksley wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 2:50 AM Aleix Pol wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 8:58 PM Ben Cooksley

Re: Retirement of notes.kde.org

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 4:34 AM Ben Cooksley wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 2:50 AM Aleix Pol wrote: > > > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 8:58 PM Ben Cooksley wrote: > > > > > > Good evening all, > > > > > > Currently we're in the situation where the software we use to run > > > notes.kde.org is

Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 6:01 PM wrote: > > Hello to all members of the KDE community, > > this friday (september the 20th) will be a big day in climate protests and > hopefully also in human history: People in more than 3500 places worldwide > are joining the Global Climate Strike to draw

Re: FSF leadership

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:29 AM Jens wrote: > > TBH I worry less about past transgressions or the communicative fallout > than I do a lack of response from us. (this is me not having a blessed > clue what exactly went down 2009) > > I do agree with you on many points and I think you raise a lot

Re: FSF leadership

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 4:59 AM Valorie Zimmerman wrote: > As many of you know, Richard Stallman has stepped down from the FSF. However, > his supporters on the FSF Board remain. The FSF is on our Advisory Board, > according to https://ev.kde.org/advisoryboard.php > > Accordingly, I would like

Re: Should KDE join the (Digital) Global Climate Strike this friday?

This is an awesome idea! I'm all for it. Finding someone to fiddle with the website at such short notice may be problematic though. Social media support should be easy peasy. On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 6:01 PM wrote: > > Hello to all members of the KDE community, > > this friday (september the

Re: FSF leadership

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 9:31 AM Christian Loosli wrote: > Hi all, > > I mostly agree with Agustin and Jens: > > I think that people should be elected into positions based on their > suitability for that position, which means that things like sex, gender, > race, > cultural background, sexual

Re: FSF leadership

Hello again, a clarification from my side... On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:16 AM Agustín Benito wrote: > > Hello, > > I am against this. I find disrespectful to tell a fellow organization what > they should do. I would feel the same way if anybody does it to us. > KDE eV is not an affiliate of

Re: FSF leadership

Hi, yes, what Christian says is a maybe more elaborate phrasing of what I also wanted to say. Greetings! On 9/19/19 10:31 AM, Christian Loosli wrote: Hi all, I mostly agree with Agustin and Jens: I think that people should be elected into positions based on their suitability for that

Re: FSF leadership

Il giorno Wed, 18 Sep 2019 19:59:09 -0700 Valorie Zimmerman ha scritto: > Accordingly, I would like us (the KDE Community) to advise them to > diversify their Board, as RedHat has done here: At this point, it is too late, IMO. Additionally, KDE is in no position to tell the FSF what to do.

Re: FSF leadership

Hi all, I mostly agree with Agustin and Jens: I think that people should be elected into positions based on their suitability for that position, which means that things like sex, gender, race, cultural background, sexual orientation etc. pp. should neither be an advantage nor a

Re: FSF leadership

TBH I worry less about past transgressions or the communicative fallout than I do a lack of response from us. (this is me not having a blessed clue what exactly went down 2009) I do agree with you on many points and I think you raise a lot of good concerns at the same time, we missed the boat

Re: FSF leadership

KDE would be the first organization not directly linked to FSF to issue a public statement on this. It would also come over a week after RMS' statements gained media attention, and several days after his resignation. If we wanted to voice our desire for a more open FOSS community, we should

Re: FSF leadership

On 19/09/2019 –– 09:54:00AM +0200, Sven Brauch wrote: > I am against diversifying for diversifying's sake. It's something that is > already way too prevalent in today's society. Let's please pick the best > person for the job, regardless of race, gender, or whatever, and let's > especially

Re: FSF leadership

I would like to voice my support for Valorie's and Paul's statements here. Ie: that we do comment and suggest that they diversify their board, do it publicly, but be very VERY careful to ensure that our support of them comes across. We need to do this publicly too - not to excuse our past

Re: FSF leadership

I understand RH. The gamemis political now, is a chance to make FSF a real org to match Linux Foundation power domination recently. They just can't speak directly about this, but use the nice inclusion topic, helping then to say the message without been heavy political sided. And i want raise a

Re: FSF leadership

On Thu, 19 Sep 2019, 08:17 Agustín Benito, wrote: > we should support them, not tell them what to do. > One of RMSs best-known transgressions took place on _our_ stage at Gran Canaria. We did not exactly take much action at the time. If this community really cares about Free Software and

Re: FSF leadership

Hello, I am against this. I find disrespectful to tell a fellow organization what they should do. I would feel the same way if anybody does it to us. There are things that should be dealt in private. This is one of them. The most important thing is that they make the right choice, not the most