@jwildeboer @bkuhn @downey I wonder what they did with the ballots that voted for them though?
@larsmb I wasn't involved. Only watching with concern that this year they are being so secretive about the results.
It used to be people actually cared about OSI and its elections. This year (apparently because of OSAID) nobody seems to be paying attention to it.
And @jwildeboer raises a good question — what to do about voter disenfranchisement?
@bkuhn did claim to return a board agreement, and it was supposedly before deadline. So looks very concerning.
It just seems few are watching.
Incorrect. Both @richardfontana and I signed a Board Agreeement with the #OpenSource Initiative and released our signed copies to the public.
https://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/03/19/a-sign-board-agreement.html
@osi proceeded to tamper with the ballots anyway.
@bkuhn @jwildeboer @osi @larsmb @downey The agreement you and @richardfontana signed was not the one the board sent you and, most importantly, is not the one everyone else (candidates and sitting directors) signed.
This is my last message on the topic.
Stefano Maffuli (ED of OSI),
Your argument supports #OpenSource Initiative's position on why @richardfontana and I were not appointed. It DOES NOT explain why you tampered w/ ballots to remove our names & refuse to report what the electorate recommended.
@osi was always free to to ignore the electorate; we all know #OSI elections are advisory, not binding.
Your refusal to engage in public dialogue w/ your electorate also indicates OSI's abilities in consensus building may be lacking.
Cc @ed
The 3 examples you have given are not great, as whatever transportation method, whatever paper you use or whatever food you eat is not relevant to (lets say) the goal of software freedom.
I'm glad you're aware that Docusign is proprietary malware and running proprietary malware is the antithesis of software freedom.
But could it be that the goal of the "open source institute" is not software freedom and therefore joining it to do something other than a corporates bidding won't be very fruitful?
Spoiler; the only reason "open source" exists, is due to how corporates get their feelings hurt if they ever notice published information about how you should use free software that respects your freedom and that proprietary software is immoral (this part really hurts their feelings, as they know they are acting immorally and don't like people realizing it).
Many of us care about principles of transparency, integrity, and democracy in general.
It isn't healthy to allow this sort of chaos, to give the impression that elections can have arbitrary last-minute changes. It undermines trust in the whole premise.
You have responsibility to restore and retain community trust. Trust is the only thing the OSI has to offer as an org!
> This is my last message on the topic.
You presumably put out this blog post https://opensource.org/blog/announcing-the-new-directors-of-osi-board which clearly suggests that 2 candidates declined to sign and now you say there was something different about what they signed, but what? You threw away my ballot and presumably many others and you aren't being straight about the reason. No, I think we need someone besides the OSI to collect the votes, because this is bullshit.
@ed @bkuhn @jwildeboer @osi @larsmb @downey @richardfontana how are you soliciting memberships with the main/only benefit being an advisory vote on the board seats and then intentionally not following the process you publish? Some of us are members because of the process you publish. That's misleading at best. I renewed my subscription while the election was going on because I trusted you'd follow the process you published.
@jwildeboer @larsmb @bkuhn @downey They did sign the board agreement, but they refused to use some proprietary software to do so (they just sent in the pdfs with their signatures). With a note that said they ran on a reform platform to make the board agreement more open (people had voted for them precisely because they wanted to modernize the board agreement).
https://codeberg.org/OSI-Reform-Platform/platform#readme
So after the vote had concluded they were excluded from the tally because they did what they promised to do.
