<html><head></head><body>I think the problem here is more that Christoph views membership in the panel as something near to an elected public position for which, just as for other similar positions, public scrutiny of the candidates is called for, the board on the other hand views it more as a private internal arbitration panel for which they call all the shots.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Am 31. Januar 2021 15:57:30 MEZ schrieb "Rory McCann (OSMF Board)" <rory.mccann@osmfoundation.org>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre dir="auto" class="k9mail">On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 14:46, Christoph Hormann <chris_hormann@gmx.de> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">So it is better to talk about people and their 'suitability' behind <br>closed doors than in public?<br></blockquote><br>In this case? Yes. Perhaps I'm used to Irish (& similar British) culture of directly stating criticism and flaws to someone as incredibly insulting, and potentially slanderous & defamatory. In Ireland, people even have a constituional right to their good name. One cannot be fully free to make frank, or critical, statements about people if everyone is watching every word.<hr>osmf-talk mailing list<br>osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org<br><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br><div class='k9mail-signature'>-- <br>Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android-Mobiltelefon mit Kaiten Mail gesendet.</div></body></html>