let us not to mix the things... there are two issues here on which people may agree or disagree... 1. is the process through which a decision was taken by the board. I militate for transparency as written in the principles... check one of the last paragraphs and I am afraid in all this business the only transparency I saw was the one from the border of my kde windows... Everything was blurred in general considerations about privacy and references to the principles... complicating the matter even more. As one who puts a lot of his time in irc helping and annoying people I know that the arguments can be very hot and personal sometimes. 2. the outcome of the decision. I am sure not in the position to argue... I really do not know the facts of the case... at the end of the day this is why we have a board... Unfortunately this case proved that we do not have a transparent process in place. I will urge to board to review their statement about the decision and keep the hard facts that made them to decide the exclusion. My hope is that from all this the community will learn. Individual members have to understand that they are allowed to criticise ideas but not make judgements on the people that emit them. Alin -- I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste. -- Marcel Duchamp Without Questions there are no Answers! _____________________________________________________________________ Alin Marin ELENA Advanced Molecular Simulation Research Laboratory School of Physics, University College Dublin ---- Ardionsamblú Móilíneach Saotharlann Taighde Scoil na Fisice, An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address: Room 318, UCD Engineering and Material Science Centre University College Dublin Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://alin.elenaworld.net alin.elena@ucdconnect.ie, alinm.elena@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________________ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org