[ First of all, my apologies for sending these with such a delay. ]
= Minutes of openSUSE Board meeting 2022-02-28 =
Present: Axel, Gerald, Gertjan, Maurizio, Neal, Syds
Guests: Ariez, bittin, Doug, Emily, Sasi
== Minutes of recent meetings ==
* Syds just done
* Gentle reminder to Neal
== openSUSE social media accounts (and openSUSE as a project) and events like the war in Ukraine ==
* Doug liked a couple of posts from the openSUSE Twitter account that
referred to Ukrainian leaders.
* Another community member approach him and asked to remain neutral.
* Doug notes "there are things we as a community should stand for."
* Gertjan, Syds,...: "openSUSE should be about inclusion; we do not
want to exclude people."
* Maurizio: "As a board we should represent everybody."
* A number of board members indicate they struggle how to best handle
this situation.
* Sasi suggests to take a stance for both Ukrainians and Russians;
it's quite important to differentiate between political identities
of a country and the people living there.
* Gerald references on a "A note on principles ..." mail last year
which got mixed responses.
* Mau is in favor of a message of solidarity
* "So, shall we send a public message?"
* ...long discussion...
* Agreement to primarily issue a statement when events like these
encrouch on our project/community.
* Agreement that there's a difference between personal opinion and
actions vs those of projects.
* Rough consensus to not send a generic statement at this point
while definitely keeping an eye on the situation.
== Online Communities ==
* How to go about groups using the openSUSE name but not following
our guiding principles?
* Example: In 2020 a Polish Telegram group was created
** Sasi was very excited originally.
** The groupd quickly died down due to disagreement.
** One person got banned for sexual orientation, others stigmatized.
** Just one admin.
* Agreement: There should be no group under/using the openSUSE flag
not complying with our guiding principles.
* Challenge: Guiding Principles are not very specific ...
* Gerald believes we can enforce trademarks to expell/shutdown/... groups
* AI: Gerald will check with SUSE Legal
* Next steps?
** Start working on a Code of Conduct with help of the community.
** We do not need to change the Guiding Principles to implement a
Code of Conduct.
** But we can consider adjusting the Guiding Principles to be
explicit about being open and welcoming versus discrimination.
** AI: Mau and Gertjan to have a look.
