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On 18-02-11 01:11:52, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> Hello, everyone. |
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> As some of you may know I have been recently defamed on Gentoo mailing |
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> lists by one of the Trustees (at the time). I have been attempting to |
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> resolve this matter peacefully for 2 months now, and I haven't had any |
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> success in getting justice. In fact, I haven't received more than 8 |
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> words from the Trustees on the matter. |
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> All things considered, I would like to request per Section 5.6 of Bylaws |
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> [1] a Foundation members vote on removal of Matthew Thode from his |
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> position as President of the Foundation and Trustee. I believe that |
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> Matthew has not succeeded in ensuring professional behavior among |
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> Trustees and that he has abused his position towards his private goals |
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> that were not in line with the best interests of Gentoo |
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> and the Foundation. |
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> To support my request, I will note here a number of facts regarding past |
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> actions of the Trustees during Matthew's term that I'm aware of and that |
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> I believe to be contrary to the best interest of Gentoo. I do not wish |
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> to defame anyone, therefore I will not comment on those actions, merely |
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> list them and link the evidence whenever publicly available. I leave |
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> judging those actions to the Foundation members. |
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> Please note that I'm not implying that all the listed facts are related |
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> to one another. However, I believe that all of them are relevant to |
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> judging Matthew's actions. |
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> 2017-01-05 |
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> Matthew Thode lays out a proposal that merges the Council |
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> and Trustees into a single 'Board' on top of Foundation [2]. |
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> 2017-01-11 |
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> Matthew Thode lays out an alternative proposal in which Council |
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> is reduced to handling technical matters, and 'Board' gains control |
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> over ComRel [3]. |
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> 2017-12-10 |
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> Daniel Campbell (signed as a Trustee) sends a mail with a number of |
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> defaming accusations [4]. I have replied to that mail correcting |
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> the false facts, and I have opened a bug with Daniel in CC pointing |
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> this out [5]. |
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> |
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> 2017-12-16 |
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> Daniel Campbell sends his resignation mail in which he blames for it, |
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> and further defames me [6]. I have to point out here that he brings |
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> a few true facts for which I am sorry, and I specifically only mind |
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> those that are lies. |
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> 2017-12-16 |
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> Matthew Thode files a ComRel bug [7] in which he requests banning me. |
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> In his request he mentions the decision of Daniel Campbell. |
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> 2018-01-03 |
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> Daniel Campbell withdraws his resignation [8]. |
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> 2018-01-14 |
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> Matthew Thode apologizes to Rich Freeman for the defamation made |
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> by Daniel Campbell in his resignation thread [9]. |
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> 2018-01-18 |
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> Daniel Campbell resumes his activity on Bugzilla [10]. I repeat my |
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> request for correction of his defaming mails via direct mail. I never |
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> receive any reply from him. |
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> 2018-01-28 |
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> Since Daniel Campbell has been acting as a Trustee, I send the same |
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> request to Trustees. The same day I receive a reply from Matthew Thode |
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> requesting clarification of the exact statements that are defaming. |
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> 2018-01-29 |
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> I reply with exact list of defaming statements and explanation why |
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> they are false. I never receive any reply. |
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> |
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> At this point, 2 months have passed since the first defaming mail was |
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> sent, and 2 weeks have passed since the specific request to Trustees was |
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> sent. The mails still spread false information that is signed |
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> by a Trustee without any correction. |
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> All I ever asked for was correcting the false facts. Rich Freeman had to |
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> wait almost a month to get it. I am pleading for two months already, |
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> with no result. |
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I'm sorry that we haven't sent out an apology or retraction yet, we've |
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been gathering info on the situation before making a statement. The |
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first time I saw a request for comment on zlg's statement was two weeks |
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ago. I asked others for final input before I give a response tomorrow. |
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I sent this two hours ago. |
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17:07 < prometheanfire@> NeddySeagoon: not sure if still around (probably not), but I'm going to email out an appology (without stating fault) tomorrow, it'll go basically the same as the response to rich0 |
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17:07 < prometheanfire@> robbat2: alicef kensington ^ |
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17:08 < prometheanfire@> dabbott: ^ |
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17:08 < prometheanfire@> klondike isn't here atm |
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> I do not know what Matthew Thode's motivation is for his actions or lack |
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> of them. However, I do believe that it is in the best interest of Gentoo |
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> and the Foundation to pursue peaceful and professional collaboration. |
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> Defaming posts made by a Trustee, followed by complete passiveness |
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> of the other Trustees in resolving the situation peacefully certainly |
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> do not serve this goal. |
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> Furthermore, I believe such actions make the Foundation vulnerable to |
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> lawsuits. I personally neither do wish or am capable of pursuing this |
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> but this doesn't change the fact. I believe that a responsible President |
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> would have apologized ASAP, as either actively or passively supporting |
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> this defamation serves no purpose to the Foundation. |
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> All those things considered, I believe that my only recourse at this |
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> point is to request a vote on removing Matthew Thode from the position |
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> he currently holds. I believe it is important that the President of |
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> Gentoo Foundaties is a person who can represent Gentoo professionally. |
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> If any of the matters I have brought here are incorrect, I apologize for |
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> that. |
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> [1]:https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Bylaws#Section_5.6._Resignation_and_Removal_of_Trustees |
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> [2]:https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/message/20eb05be025ee734fb01a0c9b35e38ef |
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> [3]:https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/message/d7e4a5fb53717fd4e6d961091d63fef1 |
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> [4]:https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/16a584443dd6ea013a3dd7f57e9ecbcd |
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> [5]:https://bugs.gentoo.org/640470 |
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> [6]:https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/message/c3755ad531fa6b0f1e481d88e42ee72f |
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> [7]:https://bugs.gentoo.org/641268 |
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> [8]:https://bugs.gentoo.org/545022#c17 |
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> [9]:https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/message/7801aefef15605be45111d189540516e |
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> [10]:https://bugs.gentoo.org/644902 |
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> -- |
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> Best regards, |
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> Michał Górny |
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You are welcome to call for a vote for removal as it is your right as a |
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current member. It'll have to get the election people involved and send |
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out a notice to all members (full election protocol I guess). |
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I will try and comment on my earlier proposals to merge the Foundation |
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and Council. The goal I had behind that was to have a clear org |
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structure for Gentoo. Currently there is not a clear conflict |
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resolution method when the Council and Foundation have differing |
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opinions on things. This didn't go well so I'm now trying to do joint |
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meetings so we at least work somewhat together (left hand knowing what |
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the right hand is doing). |
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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire) |