Hi Andreas, all, your assessment of the situation does not seem accurate. The fact that all TDF directors can currently approve emails to this list, should ensure balance.
Andreas Mantke wrote: > The list was set under moderation, because some of the board members > felt, the discussion here was not friendly enough. > That is certainly an understatement. > It looks like if some of the board members, which support the list > moderation, have the intention to ban uncomfortable discussions in terms > of content and the process from this list. > The fact that your email passed moderation should be testament to this not being the case? > This is a typical behavior in locked groups of organizations. It > shouldn't be appropriate to open source projects which delineate > themselves as open for everyone (and as open minded). > An appropriate & friendly way to phrase the above, would be to first assess whether your assumptions are correct (which apparently they are not), and then recommend changes. Stereotypings like yours are a negative, not a positive way to interact. Cheers, Thorsten -- Thorsten Behrens, Director, Member of the Board The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
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