Fedora Board election results

[Paul W. Frields]

On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 15:42 -0700, John Poelstra wrote:
> Michael Schwendt said the following on 06/24/2008 02:18 PM Pacific Time:
> > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:02:04 -0400 (EDT), Max Spevack wrote:
> > 
> >> What else would you like to see from Red Hat to prove that it takes 
> >> Fedora and community seriously?  I'm not trolling, I really want to 
> >> konw, so that I can work on making it happen.
> > 
> > What I mean is that almost all Fedora related decisions come out of Red
> > Hat anyway. The few +1 from community seats during FPB meetings don't
> 
> Can  you provide some examples where this happened in the last six 
> months?  That would help me understand more where you are coming from.
> 
> > matter, do they? They are just noise. It gets more interesting if a
> > community rep drives something forward. Or if there is disagreement
> > between Red Hat's FPB members and community reps or lobbyists. If
> > necessary, do the people on the community seats have the guts to represent
> > the community's interests? If they don't, what about accountability?
> 
> I think it would really help your case to put forth some specific 
> examples of when this has or has not happened recently.
> 
> Maybe I'm not following what you're saying, but it sounds like you are 
> suggesting that in all likelihood all non-Red Hat members get 
> steamrollered or bullied by the Red Hat members?  Honestly I don't 
> recall ever seeing the leadership in Fedora (FESCo or Board) vote purely 
> along the lines of who employs them... if anything there is more 
> disagreement amongst the Red Hat folks themselves :-)

This was my experience as an inaugural Board member, and continues
today.

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