I am a little concerned that the (already overwhelming) task of fixing
OSMF, which has been entrusted to a board of seven good people, is being
made still harder by people in mysterious unelected roles offering their
advice.
I know of at least two: Mike Collinson is chair of the (AIUI moribund)
'Management Team'. Steve Coast is 'chairman emeritus' - I'm not sure
whether Simon Poole has also been offered this title. I believe (but
don't know) there may be others who receive copies of, and can send,
management emails but aren't elected in any way.
Two requests:
First, for the sake of openness, it would be good to see these
relationships documented on the OSMF website.
Second, while the new board decides on its direction, a period of
self-imposed silence by these people would be considerate. Frederik,
Kathleen and Paul have been newly elected to do a difficult job. Their
work will be made all the more difficult by a cacophony of advice from
those without a mandate.
This isn't personal - I like Mike very much, while I think it's fairly
comprehensively documented that Steve and I don't get on - but it seems,
to me, common decency that if you ask someone to do a job, you give them
the time and space to do it.
Richard
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