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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 22.11.2022 um 18:55 schrieb Zeke
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<div>I'm a member of the US community, and I didn't read
anything in Roland's statement (translated through DeepL)
antagonizing us as a whole. The hostility was directed at
several individuals and one company. I'd say this was
rather unprofessional, but not something I'm going to
concern myself with. What I did find concerning was the
implication that Germany needs German representatives on the
board to represent German interests over all others. I find
this to be quite an unacceptable statement coming from an
OSMF board member. Board members are elected at large and
their duties are to the entire OSMF, not a specific
geographic region or nation. <br>
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<p>I didn't want to pick apart Rolands mail in detail, and I've
already pointed out that I consider it bad form for board members
to actively engage in the election process outside of promoting
participation, but in Rolands defence a bullet point breakdown of
the mail; <br>
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<p>- danger of a corporate takeover that would take the project away
from community control (I note that this is a board position so
difficult to fault Roland for expressing this),</p>
<p>- that a community (implied non-corporate) board member that does
nothing is still better than a corporate delegate,</p>
<p>- that (at the time Roland wrote the mail) there was no German
candidate and that if somebody stood there would be a high
likelihood that they would get elected (because numbers),</p>
<p>- a warning that there might be last minute nominations and he
calls out three individuals that have done that in previous years
(to be clear: the rules allow that, but that doesn't mean that it
will not be noted as a negative).</p>
<p>There was no implied or other statement that German interests are
more important than others, there -was- a clear statement that
Roland believes that the non-corporate community interests are
more important than corporate interests. Is that something that a
board member should express pre-election? I suspect that the
opinions vary widely. <br>
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<div>Vermont, USA<br>
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