Dear fellow geekos, last week has seen various interactions on this list and elsewhere that went against the words and the spirit of our guiding principles (cf. https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Guiding_principles ). What I saw was disappointing, discouraging and damaging to our project and community. At the same time I was very encouraged to see some of you step in and moderate themselves and others. Thank you! As a board we received several complaints, and working through those and our own observations in our meeting yesterday we have - issued a warning to some members; - put some members under mailing list moderation for three months; - agreed to share a general reminder to stay a bit more on topic per the respective list chartas (cf. https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mailing_lists_subscription ) and that moderation of individuals will be considered if necessary. We have not taken these steps lightheartedly and will continue to work on any open issues. I am looking forward to many more respectful, constructive and open conversations around the forthcoming elections and otherwise. And please never hesitate to reach out! Thank you, Gerald -- Dr. Gerald Pfeifer <gp@suse.com>, CTO @SUSE + chair @openSUSE