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On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 1:40 PM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 2:38 PM, Daniel Robbins <drobbins@××××××.org> |
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> > No, you are misrepresenting the actual authority of Trustees. They have |
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> > actual, real authority over the project as opposed to imagined authority |
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> > that you seem to appeal to. |
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> They have the ability to destroy the Foundation, certainly, and cause |
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> a lot of fuss. However, the Trustees are generally reasonable so I |
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> don't expect this to happen. |
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My point is this -- the organizational structure that exists, exists. It's |
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for everyone's benefit if those who do not like the organizational |
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structure leave the project and do their own thing, under a different |
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organizational structure, and those that do stay, do support it as it is |
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intended to function so that it can be the best it can be. |
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Anyone who really isn't behind the trustees and the NFP system should |
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leave, because that is the system we have and will continue to have. It is |
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not appropriate to make ominous predictions of what might happen if the |
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trustees actually exercise the authority they have absolutely every legal |
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right -- and frankly, obligation to the members -- to do. |
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I can tell you right now that these ominous predictions give the impression |
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that certain developers are co-opting the normal functioning of the |
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trustees through threats and intimidation via FUD, and that is not OK. It's |
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politics and power games. So I would encourage you to not participate in |
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that. |
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I am not close to current trustees or council, and I have no "side" in this |
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battle other than fighting for the proper functioning of Gentoo. I am just |
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calling things as I see them. |
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-Daniel |
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