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   Bradley M. Kuhn (bkuhn@floss.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Apr-2025 06:35:31 JST Bradley M. Kuhn

   • Aaron Wolf
   • Ian Kelling

   I encourage everyone to please sign this petition that asks #OpenSource Initiative to release the election results for #OSI's 2025 Board of Directors Election.

   3 methods available to sign:
   * email <sign@osi-petition.org>
   * Pull request on Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/OSI-Concerns/election-results-2025
   * Pull request on Github: https://github.com/OSI-Concerns/election-results-2025

   I thank @wolftune & @iank's leadership in shepherding the drafting of this petition.

   OSI's work impacts everyone involved in #FOSS, so everyone is welcomed to sign.

   • Alfred M. Szmidt repeated this.
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     Bradley M. Kuhn (bkuhn@floss.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Apr-2025 21:16:57 JST Bradley M. Kuhn

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     • Ian Kelling

     I also thank @iank for volunteering to use Microsoft's proprietary Github platform on behalf of us all to accept signatures there.

     It's obvious that Github has (at least right now) wider appeal than Codeberg & Ian is currently “taking one for the team” to make it convenient for people who already have a Github account to sign the petition.

     I do urge everyone that if you do not have a Github account already, please *do not create one* to sign the petition. Instead, create a Codeberg account.

     clacke@libranet.de is my main [fds] likes this.
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     Neal Gompa (ニール・ゴンパ) :fedora: (conan_kudo@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Apr-2025 04:29:11 JST Neal Gompa (ニール・ゴンパ) :fedora:

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     • Aaron Wolf
     • Ian Kelling

     @bkuhn @wolftune @iank Signed: https://codeberg.org/OSI-Concerns/election-results-2025/pulls/26

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     Alex Hoyau (lexoyo@framapiaf.org)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 03:02:46 JST Alex Hoyau

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     • Aaron Wolf
     • Ian Kelling

     @bkuhn @wolftune @iank signed 👍🙏

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     Aaron Wolf (wolftune@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 03:06:18 JST Aaron Wolf

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     • Ian Kelling
     • the.contrarian

     @contrarian

     So to be clear, the petition does not say that OSI should necessarily seat whatever Directors voters want, regardless of other concerns. It says that *if* you hold an election, you must report the results transparently in order to have integrity with the voters.

     OSI could report the results and *still* seat Directors the current board prefers, though explaining why the change would be important to maintain community respect for the organization.

     @bkuhn @iank

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     Aaron Wolf (wolftune@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 03:06:19 JST Aaron Wolf

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     • Ian Kelling
     • the.contrarian

     @contrarian

     You seem to be saying: FSF & SFC don't hold elections, so it's no worse for OSI to do whatever with elections regardless of respecting the process transparently.

     Note that for *any* of these organizations to be deceptive in any public context would be a problem. FSF does not hold elections like OSI — but if FSF just had an *informal* survey (e.g. what members say are priorities) and then manipulated the data to present a different outcome, that would be dishonest.

     @bkuhn @iank

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     the.contrarian (contrarian@mstdn.plus)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 03:06:20 JST the.contrarian

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     • Aaron Wolf
     • Ian Kelling

     @bkuhn @wolftune @iank Let me know when I can vote RMS out of FSF and Kuhn out of SFC and I'll sign.

     #GlassHouses

     Alfred M. Szmidt repeated this.