On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 9:31 AM Christian Loosli <k...@fuchsnet.ch> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I mostly agree with Agustin and Jens: > > I think that people should be elected into positions based on their > suitability for that position, which means that things like sex, gender, > race, > cultural background, sexual orientation etc. pp. should neither be an > advantage nor a disadvantage. Otherwise people with backward mindsets > thinking > that "$xy can't do $z" will go "Oh, you only got into position $z due to > being $xy", which doesn't help. Also worst case, but exaggerated, if > indeed > people are picked not based on suitability, you could e.g. pick someone > for a > communicative job that is rather introvert or someone for a finance job > that > doesn't like numbers, then people with the above mentioned mindset would > feel > that their odd views are even more confirmed, that $xy can't do $z. > > From a personal point of view, I e.g. do not think that someone from the > LGBTQ+ spectrum would represent me any better on a board. What is > important to > me is that I feel welcome and an not harassed / discriminated due to > that. > > And that is what we need to achieve: our community needs to be inclusive > and > welcoming, so we shall not tolerate discrimination based on sex, gender, > cultural heritage etc. pp. > When we have a diverse base, chances are obviously high that people > elected > into positions have all kind of different backgrounds. > > And that is what I think we need to recommend to other communities, so > that > FOSS as a whole is a place where everybody feels welcome and nobody > suffers > from discrimination based on who they are. On the other hand, I do not > feel > that we are in the position to make strong pushs or even build up public > pressure when it comes to elections and choices of other organizations. > I don't know how FSF elections internally work, but if we map it to KDE, > I'd > see it as very awkward if an external organization would interfere with > our > board elections and say "You should pick candidate $x or you must add > candidates $y and $z". > > tl;dr: I think we need to ensure that both we and FOSS has a diverse, > broad > base and work on issues preventing that, not interfering with other > organizations elections and processes. > > Kind regards, > > Christian > +1