On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 15:00 +0100, Karsten König wrote:
Am Freitag, 14. Januar 2011, 01:24:32 schrieb Pascal Bleser:
6) Unfortunately, only removing the membership status wouldn't have changed anything in this case, as the disruptive and poisonous behaviour was not seen exclusively in situations where membership plays a role. The Board members were (and still are) convinced that we had to remove the person from the project altogether to resolve this issue. If the offender feels mistreated does he/she have a chance to voice his/her opinion about the matter to the community?
Yes, it is called a BLOG. And that person can privately e-mail as individuals as they like.
Community preferbly as in opensuse-project mailinglist. That way we can safely trust the judgement of the board until the person can bring up opposite proof.
You can trust the judgement of the board by electing / voting-for people you trust. Transparency used in this manner is a flimsy veil for nit-picking and generally hobbling. IMO, as for basically filing for an appeal on the forum [which is really what you suggest] is a terrible idea [what else can "bring up opposite proof" mean]. I assume [trust!] the board has already communicated with the person and they've already had ample opportunity to argue their case. There is no reasonable cause to believe in a secret cabal of the board kicking out members. Dragging this kind of crap around in a forum accomplishes nothing but providing a *disincentive* for people to participate. The paranoid witch-hunt crowd here is already ample enough with giving them fuel. [I know I and others have dropped of opensuse mailing lists because of the incessant haranguing that Novel/the-board/whoever is evil/conspiring/cloistered]. In general I feel the powers-that-be here are much *too* tolerant for the projects good; certainly not the opposite. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org