On the reappointment of Richard Stallman as a director of the FSF

[Philippe Cloutier]

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.
>
> -- 
> Alexander Potashev
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 23:27 Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org 
> <mailto:aleixpol at kde.org>> 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
>
-- 
Philippe Cloutier
http://www.philippecloutier.com

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