Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:00:17 -0800 From: Ihor Antonov <ihor@antonovs.family> To: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, core@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The Problem Of Governance (or lack thereof) Message-ID: <66cfaeff-2054-4160-9634-914af127496f@antonovs.family> In-Reply-To: <202401211928.40LJSWnE095287@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <ff3636ba-3017-4b23-9d4d-64be18f8efab@antonovs.family> <202401211928.40LJSWnE095287@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On 1/21/24 11:28, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > Core is not the "Board of Directors", who makes all the hard > decisions, and everybody else shuts up and codes in the direction > they are told to. > > Core is more of a "General Secretary" function, who's job it is to > keep the meeting in order, provide paper, pencils and refreshments, > and diplomatically try to facilitate the delegates reaching some kind > of consensus, or if they cannot, to credibly count the votes. This does not make any sense. Official FreeBSD website says it is > The FreeBSD Core Team constitutes the project’s *Board of Directors", > responsible for deciding the project’s overall goals and direction* https://www.freebsd.org/administration/#t-core Most recent status report says: > The FreeBSD Core Team is the governing body of FreeBSD. https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2023-07-2023-09/#_freebsd_core_team I find it very confusing. A former core team member and a prominent member of the community openly denies the documented purpose of the elected team. The core itself remains silent. Who to believe? If the core is serving a secretary function - why are we electing secretaries? More importantly - who is responsible for governance then? This is a repeated pattern - the community looks up to the core for leadership, but the core team stays in the shadows or denies it's responsibilities. This is not a sign of a health community, and I am saying this with huge love towards the project and the community. We need to do better than this. -- Ihor Antonov
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