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   Richard Fontana (richardfontana@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Mar-2025 19:51:05 JST Richard Fontana

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   • Bradley M. Kuhn
   • hackygolucky

   Also Thierry Carrez is quoted as saying "It's the first time that we had candidates running that would not sign the board agreement". First, again at the outset of voting I considered myself likely to sign the board agreement. Second, OSI doesn't know that because OSI never required mere *candidates* to sign the board agreement before AFAIK @hackygolucky @bkuhn

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     Richard Fontana (richardfontana@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Mar-2025 19:51:06 JST Richard Fontana

     • sjvn
     • Bradley M. Kuhn

     A couple of issues with @sjvn's article on the #OSI board elections:
     1. "This board agreement has existed for five years in its current form, but it is the first time that candidates decided to run while publicly communicating they would not sign it". I never communicated that I wouldn't sign the board agreement (I don't think @bkuhn did either). As I have said elsewhere, at the outset of the vote I assumed I'd sign it if invited to join the board following publication of vote results. (cont.)

     Alfred M. Szmidt repeated this.
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     Richard Fontana (richardfontana@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Mar-2025 19:51:06 JST Richard Fontana

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     • Bradley M. Kuhn
     • hackygolucky

     2. @hackygolucky is quoted saying @bkuhn & I "refused to sign the board agreement Code of Conduct"; however as previously noted the board agreement isn't itself denominated a "board agreement Code of Conduct". We each submitted modified versions of the 2-page agreement in which we agreed to all but one 19-word clause which was the subject of a reform platform plank. The board agreement refers to a separate OSI Code of Conduct which we each explicitly agreed to in those modified versions.

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     Richard Fontana (richardfontana@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Mar-2025 19:51:06 JST Richard Fontana

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     • Bradley M. Kuhn
     • hackygolucky

     Speaking for myself, I actually agreed to the controversial 19-word clause but submitted an addendum providing a clarification on what I think it ought to mean (preserving a right of OSI board directors to publicly dissent on matters of public interest) @hackygolucky @bkuhn

     Alfred M. Szmidt repeated this.