Hi Philip, On Thu, 2019-06-06 at 11:20 -0700, Philip Chimento via foundation-list wrote:
[SNIP] It's public knowledge that you've disagreed with decisions made by the currently sitting board of directors. Different points of view, disagreement, and debate within the board are normal, healthy, and expected, but I believe that so are collaboration, respect, and trust while engaging in debate. On several occasions you've insinuated publicly that the current directors are untrustworthy or involved in something shady, without making any overt accusations that could be responded to factually. https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Board/issues/60 is an example of this. I can't speak for any of the other candidates, but I would find an atmosphere where people operate out of distrust, if it existed on the board, detrimental to a good working relationship. If elected to the board, how would you help to build trust and collaborative working relationships among the directors, and encourage healthy debate?
I did not mean to express distrust when asking for more transparency. I am really not proud of some of the things that I said in that ticket. But I also maintain that its handling by the Board has been far from optimal and remains insufficient to this day[1]. I do not think that issue #60 is at all comparable with the work on the Board. Issue #60 is all about the Board being in the position where it holds all the information but it did not share this information in a timely and efficient manner. On the other hand, when working inside the Board everyone has access to the same information, creating an environment where healthy discussions become much easier. Furthermore, I can only stress, that I do not see any trust issues between individuals here. This is a matter of transparency and other concerns about the Boards handling of issue #60. Looking at the other questions to candidates, I am not the only one with such concerns. I am really happy to see that many candidates have brought in ideas on how the Board can become more transparent and approachable. I am sure that such an improved approachability will help to prevent situations like issue #60. I am looking forward to working with you and other Directors to implement these ideas. Regards, Benjamin [1] Against Alexandre's explicit request his statement from the following meeting has never been published verbatim. PS: To anyone who might try to read issue #60, please be advised that there are plenty of references to events that happened years ago and in private situations. I am happy to answer questions about this, but will likely not be able to share all details.
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