On 08/24/2018 12:44 PM, Bryan Lunduke wrote:
It is not only appropriate that those personal points of view are expressed... it is *critical*.
The Board positions are elected (other than Richard, who is installed by a corporation). If Board members cannot speak their personal opinions on any (and every) topic, it becomes *pointless* to have elections -- as there would be no way to easily understand the differences between elected officials and hold them accountable to the people who elected them.
Are there any other items Board members are currently forbidden / discouraged from discussing?
-Bryan Lunduke
I agree with this, completely. Although once voted on, all Board Members should agree to/accept the final decision of the vote, at least until something changes to bring it back to a vote in the future. However, the whole idea of the democratic process tied to elected Board Members requires that the results of votes and differing personal opinions should be available and transparent to the voters. Dissenters should still be allowed to express their stand on the issue, but not to a point where it becomes disruptive or dysfunctional. As voters, we have a right to know where the individual Board Members stand on Board issues. That is called transparency. But, please note, my expressing this view is in no way meant to be critical of the Board or anyone on the Board. Just that I urge the Board to reconsider whether differing views should be public, which I thoroughly believe they should be. -- -Gerry Makaro openSUSE Member openSUSE Forum Moderator openSUSE Contributor aka Fraser_Bell on the Forums, OBS, IRC, and mail at openSUSE.org Fraser-Bell on Github -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org