Having known all of you folks as long as I've been actively involved in the openSUSE community this go-around (which is five years now!), I have never known Richard to be anyone but a joyful, enthusiastic supporter of the openSUSE community. It was Richard that introduced me to other great members of the openSUSE community, including Stasiek, and when we met in-person at Flock in 2018, we had a fantastic conversation of project governance (I've been a member of the Mageia Council for a couple of years now). While Richard can easily bait people with the rest of them, he largely reserves that for presentations, where he professes his love for openSUSE and its wonderful community.
I've extremely confused about the acrimony you have with Richard, especially even now as he isn't even a member of the Board or the Chairman anymore. I also don't get what *any* of this matters with the issues at hand, since again 1) Richard is not the Chairman nor on the Board, and 2) you stepped down of your own volition and *then* disclosed all this. The best I can gather is that *you* have a problem with the openSUSE community. And I don't think *that's* right either.
I think a lot of people here don't understand the nuances of project governance that well. It's important to note that the openSUSE Board *does nothing* most of the time. The Board's major purpose is to arbitrate disputes and to handle sponsorships of the openSUSE Project, including being the bridge between SUSE and openSUSE. If we as a community want the openSUSE Board to do more things, then that's a completely separate conversation. But as it stands, you are asking for the Board to do things it does not have the ability to do. The things it does now are mostly matters that cannot be disclosed to the public without permission from *everyone*, legally speaking. So that makes transparency on board matters a little difficult.
As Richard has said many times, openSUSE is a "do-ocracy". It is mostly self-organized and self-governing within individual groups that wish to do governance. That has its pluses and minuses, but it has enabled folks like myself and Stasiek to make huge impacts in the openSUSE Linux distribution as well as other aspects of the Project.
So, in the end, I'd like to just ask... Can you please just let it go? It's in the past, dredging it up isn't going to help anybody now. It's not like Gerald is going to be able to do anything about what happened 2+ years ago unless SUSE has a TARDIS hidden somewhere in the Nuremberg office. Having visited the SUSE office there, I'd be impressed if they managed to hide one anywhere (most rooms are not big enough to hide such a thing!).
-- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! I fully concur with Neal here. And more: Over the years I was on the board I've seen Richard trying and doing his utmost to protect you, to help you and
Op zondag 15 maart 2020 14:03:40 CET schreef Neal Gompa: the heroes. To be honest, Sarah and Christian, this is beginning to look like a public lynch party. IMNSHO too low for words. -- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Forums Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org