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List:       kde-community
Subject:    Re: FSF leadership
From:       "Agustin Benito (toscalix)" <abenito () kde ! org>
Date:       2019-09-19 9:48:04
Message-ID: CAPNLKcOyqStaiYszAfeC9b6HGx7UZW4jhZoOd=cF6zKmwsLAtw () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hello again,

a clarification from my side...

On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:16 AM Agust=C3=ADn Benito <toscalix@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am against this. I find disrespectful to tell a fellow organization wha=
t they should do. I would feel the same way if anybody does it to us.
>

KDE eV is not an affiliate of the FSF but the FSFE. We are not
"fellows" in strict sense of the FSF then. It does not change the
meaning though, but accuracy is good.

> There are things that should be dealt in private. This is one of them.

When I said private I meant org-to-org instead of through open letters.

So I think we should say nothing (first sentence) and if we do (I hope
we do not), it should be Membership to Membership, that is
representative to representative, given the kind of topic (diversity
in representation/decision making forums) this is about.

>
> The most important thing is that they make the right choice, not the most=
 popular choice. Nobody like their Membership to know what is the right cho=
ice.
>
> We should support them, not tell them what to do.
>
> Sent from mobile
>
> On Thu, 19 Sep 2019, 04:59 Valorie Zimmerman, <valorie.zimmerman@gmail.co=
m> wrote:
>>
>> As many of you know, Richard Stallman has stepped down from the FSF. How=
ever, his supporters on the FSF Board remain. The FSF is on our Advisory Bo=
ard, according to https://ev.kde.org/advisoryboard.php
>>
>> Accordingly, I would like us (the KDE Community) to advise them to diver=
sify their Board, as RedHat has done here: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/o=
pen-letter-free-software-foundation-board-directors. If we cannot do this a=
s a community, I would like to ask the Board to do this on our behalf.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Valorie
>>
>> --
>> http://about.me/valoriez - pronouns: she/her
>>
>>
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