[CentOS-devel] Board Nominations Requested

Mon Jul 11 20:35:43 UTC 2022
Jeffrey Osier-Mixon <jefro at redhat.com>

Thanks all for the clarifications, as I was the one who expressed concern -
it is very much appreciated

Jeffrey "Jefro" Osier-Mixon  |  jefro at redhat.com
Red Hat Office of the CTO  |  Sr. Principal Community Architect, Automotive


On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 12:49 PM Brian (bex) Exelbierd <bexelbie at redhat.com>
wrote:

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> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 8:11 PM Rich Bowen <rbowen at rcbowen.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, 2022-06-09 at 12:13 -0700, Jeffrey Osier-Mixon wrote:
>> > Hi Shaun, question about this ..
>> >
>> > Eventually I do plan to put my hat in the ring, but possibly not
>> > this time around - I'll most likely wait for someone from RH to
>> > retire. How many Red Hatters are currently on the board, and should
>> > we replace Tru with a RH person? I realize it isn't a requirement to
>> > be (or not to be) from RH, but I think the board will be
>> > healthier if there are more non-RH people there, and since Tru is
>> > not RH it would make more sense for someone else to take the
>> > opportunity.
>>
>>
>> It is important to note that the requirement that a certain number (or
>> percentage) of Directors be Red Hat associates was removed in 2021.
>> Directors should be nominated and selected based on their value to the
>> community, not based on their employer.
>>
>
> Thank you for repeating this Rich.  I'll repost what I wrote earlier too:
>
> Speaking in my role as the Red Hat Liaison to the CentOS Project, Red Hat
> enjoys seeing non-Red Hatters active in this project.  We hope that many
> will be nominated.
>
> This statement should not be interpreted to mean that a Red Hatter should
> not be nominated.  As pointed out above and as we talk about in our open
> source guidelines[1] Red Hatters on the board, other than me, are expected
> to act as individuals.
>
> [1] https://www.redhat.com/en/about/open-source/participation-guidelines
>
>
> regards,
>
> bex
>
>
>> --Rich
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