Hi, On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 12:05 AM Shaun McCance <shaunm at redhat.com> wrote: > Hey Jefro, > > This is a good question. I'm going to decline to give my opinion on how > many Red Hatters should be on the board so as not to influence the > process. But I know this is an important consideration for many, so > I'll provide facts. > > Currently, five out of ten directors are Red Hat associates: Josh, > Brian, Johnny, Amy, and Mike. Replacing Tru with a non-Hatter would > maintain that ratio. Importantly, all directors except Brian are > expected to act as individuals, not as representatives of their > employers. Of course, in practice, everybody's priorities will be in > some way influenced by how CentOS impacts their jobs. > > (Brian is special. He's the only person on the board who officially > speaks for Red Hat.) > 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 > > -- > Shaun > > 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. > > > > thanks > > Jeffrey "Jefro" Osier-Mixon | jefro at redhat.com > > Red Hat Office of the CTO | Sr. Principal Community Architect, > > Automotive > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 10:46 AM Shaun McCance <shaunm at redhat.com> > > wrote: > > > ** Please read this entire email before responding with > > > nominations. > > > ** We have a process, and the process is important. > > > > > > As per our governance docs: > > > https://www.centos.org/about/governance/board/ > > > Every six months, half of our directors are asked if they wish to > > > continue in their seats or step down. This time, we will have one > > > seat > > > to fill. > > > > > > Tru Huynh has indicated to the board his intent to step down. Tru > > > has > > > been a part of this community for a long time, and we all deeply > > > appreciate the work he's done both on the board and across the > > > entire > > > project. > > > > > > We are asking you, the CentOS community, for nominations for who > > > should > > > fill Tru's seat. Note that the vote on who will fill his seat is > > > held > > > by the board itself, but nominations are open to the entire > > > community. > > > If you would like to nominate someone (or self-nominate), please > > > use > > > this Google form: > > > > > > https://forms.gle/WsknUVnPL5zbWcSK6 > > > > > > Please DO NOT send nominations to this list. As this is not a > > > public > > > vote, we don't to give the impression of a popularity contest with > > > public nominations. We also want to avoid any shaming if someone is > > > nominated and is not seated, or chooses not to accept. > > > > > > I will ensure that each nominee is willing and able to serve, and > > > the > > > board will consider them and select the next director from the > > > list. > > > > > > If you wish to nominate someone, you should consider the list of > > > director requirements and recommendations listed at: > > > https://www.centos.org/about/governance/director-requirements/ > > > > > > Thank you for your thoughtful consideration and participation in > > > this > > > process. > > > > > > -- > > > Shaun, for the CentOS Board of Directors > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > CentOS-devel mailing list > > > CentOS-devel at centos.org > > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS-devel mailing list > > CentOS-devel at centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-devel mailing list > CentOS-devel at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel > -- Did this email arrive after work for you? Stop reading it and enjoy some work/life balance. My time zone is CE(S)T. Go enjoy yours :). Brian "bex" Exelbierd (he/him/his) Business Strategist for Communities and Developers Red Hat Enterprise Linux @bexelbie | http://www.winglemeyer.org bexelbie at redhat.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20220610/b5bc9649/attachment-0003.html>