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Request to open discussion logs of the board about the Mandriva agreement +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I'm referring to the announcements wrt the collaboration with Mandriva +</I>><i> SA and the usage of the Mageia distribution as base for server +</I>><i> products, as announced in the blog entry: +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://blog.mageia.org/en/2012/05/21/mageia-comes-full-circle/">http://blog.mageia.org/en/2012/05/21/mageia-comes-full-circle/</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 1. I am NOT against any of the points mentioned there, so pls do not +</I>><i> take this as an unfriendly act or even a lack of trust in the board or +</I>><i> single members of the board. This it is definitely NOT! +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 2. I respect the need for non-disclosure by the Mandriva SA side while +</I>><i> these negotiations/discussions were going on. I also respect the fact +</I>><i> that the internal discussions of the board about the matter were not +</I>><i> to be held in public at that time. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Now the announcements were made in public these reasons for +</I>><i> non-disclosure are not valid any more. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> **Therefore I request the logs of the internal discussions of the +</I>><i> board about this matter to be opened to the public and this opening +</I>><i> being announced to the public.** +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I am positively sure that 2 weeks are more than enough to decide on +</I>><i> this request. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Reasons: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 1. Transparency is a top requirement for such a project as Mageia. The +</I>><i> more this transparency is needed if the matter is of great interest to +</I>><i> all members of the Mageia community. If the transparency can not be +</I>><i> provided because of valid reasons (as has been the case here) it +</I>><i> should be established as soon as these reasons are not valid any more. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 2. The following questions are not answered by a mere announcement: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> - was the decision to enter the agreement with Mandriva SA unanimous +</I>><i> or were there votes against it? +</I>><i> - if there were votes against it who were the people voting in favor +</I>><i> and who votest against it? +</I>><i> - what were the arguments of both sides +</I>><i> +</I>><i> These questions can only be answered by opening the internal logs +</I>><i> concerning this matter. +</I>><i> Again: this request only concerns the *internal* discussions in the +</I>><i> Mageia board, not any discussions with external entities (namely +</I>><i> Croset and/or Mandriva SA). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> ------------------------ +</I>><i> +</I>><i> B. Request to put a procedure in place to reach the board / council +</I>><i> +</I>><i> In our organisation there is a well organized structure to forward a +</I>><i> single user's request all the way up to the council / board - but only +</I>><i> if he is a member of a team! +</I>><i> +</I>><i> How can a user who is not member of a team contact the board and/or +</I>><i> the council in an official and public way? Of course there is a mail +</I>><i> address to contact and you can always reach single people of the board +</I>><i> / council by mail but mails to these contacts are private mails, not +</I>><i> seen by the public and not official. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The only way I found so far is the one I am using here, hoping that +</I>><i> somebody of the board is reading this. Is there a need for an official +</I>><i> procedure (as I think it is) or do you think this way (via +</I>><i> mageia-discuss) is sufficient? +</I>><i> +</I>I second wobo. I'd like to know where we stand with this. + +Gripen +</PRE> + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="007561.html">[Mageia-discuss] Formal request to the Board/Council +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="007565.html">[Mageia-discuss] Formal request to the Board/Council +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#7562">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#7562">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#7562">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#7562">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |