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Subject: Re: On the reappointment of Richard Stallman as a director of the FSF
From: Philippe Cloutier <chealer () gmail ! com>
Date: 2021-03-30 22:59:54
Message-ID: b3bc0f4c-88fb-bd25-24b6-2b51768986bd () gmail ! com
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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@kde.org
> <mailto:aleixpol@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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<p>Thank you Alexander, I must agree with your general idea.</p>
<p>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.<br>
</p>
<p>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.<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 2021-03-25 à 00:33, Alexander
Potashev a écrit :<br>
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<div>Thanks for the effort Aleix!</div>
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<div dir="auto">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.<br>
<br>
-- </div>
<div dir="auto">Alexander Potashev</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 24, 2021,
23:27 Aleix Pol <<a href="mailto:aleixpol@kde.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">aleixpol@kde.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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community,<br>
From the KDE e.V. we followed closely the discussions on
the last few<br>
days regarding this recent decision within the Free
Software<br>
Foundation's leadership.<br>
<br>
We have tried to sum up our thoughts in the following
announcement<br>
with the hope to foster collectively the Free Software
leadership we<br>
need.<br>
<a
href="https://ev.kde.org/2021/03/24/on-the-reappointment-of-rms-fsf/"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://ev.kde.org/2021/03/24/on-the-reappointment-of-rms-fsf/</a><br>
<br>
Looking forward to a more inclusive discussion that will
shape the<br>
Free Software movement of tomorrow.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Aleix Pol with the KDE e.V. Board of Directors<br>
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