Hello River folk,
Recently the Apache board cancelled a PMC member / founder of another
Apache project, for posts on Twitter, no doubt this will become public
knowledge in the near future. I am personally in favor of free speech,
regardless of whether it's offensive or whether I agree or disagree, I
have voluntarily cancelled my membership, no doubt this will be of
little significance to an organization as large as Apache, but I
wouldn't feel comfortable turning a blind eye. Apache is free to make
decisions about who it wants participating and I am not about to argue
with that. The person in question appeared to be making a political
statement against cancel culture by publishing deliberately offensive
speech and has been cancelled by Apache as a result, I guess that
shouldn't be a surprise. We used to have some heated discussions on
River's mailing lists, at no time, would I have considered cancelling
someone with whom I disagreed, I would debate till the cows came home,
but never cancel another contributors voice. I appreciate the
contributions and participation of everyone who is part of the River
community, however I think the project is likely long overdue for a new
chair to lead, and it is time for people to discuss and nominate someone
they think is most suited to take care of the River community.
Today I retire from my role as River PMC Chair and volunteer development
work for Apache.
I wish you all well and hope to see you in future.
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Regards,
Peter Firmstone.
