From dd79b8a1dcd4d43bd73487eb4632a0ff2f97975e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 01:12:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Petition draft, before anyone had signed it yet. --- README.md | 1 + petition.md | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+) create mode 120000 README.md create mode 100644 petition.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 120000 index 0000000..9104881 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +petition.md \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/petition.md b/petition.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9a2530c --- /dev/null +++ b/petition.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +Petition to Open Source Initiative To Publish 2025 Board of Directors Election Results +====================================================================================== + +in the interest of community trust and transparency of process, we the +undersigned petition the Open Source Initiative (OSI) to release the +anonymized ballot data for OSI's 2025 Board of Directors election — +including votes for all candidates who received any nomination. + +The basis for our petition is that three candidates' votes were not counted +for failing to follow a qualification procedure that historically was only +required of election winners, not mere candidates. Furthmore, OSI imposed +this procedure without advance notice after completed; candidates were given +a mere 47 hours to comply. + +OSI's announcement at +https://opensource.org/blog/announcing-the-new-directors-of-osi-board +indicates these three candidates were removed from those already-cast ballots +before vote tabulation. (Please also see +https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1014603/ac0cfc0a74755501/ for relevant press +coverage of this election.) + +We are grateful for OSI's advisory election process. While only advisory, +the process includes community and builds trust with Affiliates and +Members. To retain that trust, the process must operate transparently and +respect the electorates. OSI's credibility is at risk if it violates its +mission — which includes “distributed peer review and transparency of +process” (as well as consensus building and good governance). Therefore, OSI +should candidly report the full voting results (by release of the anonymized +ballot data) and honestly and directly, rather than obliquely, describe the +differences between the election results and the actual Board appointments. + +This is an open petition that was original prepared by the original signers below. + +We then posted this on Codeberg, and new signers can submit their signature +with a merge request. We encourage anyone who agrees with the petition to do +so. If you have a relationship with OSI (e.g., a Member, Former Director, +etc.), pease indicate your relationship to OSI in your signature. + +We ask that OSI Affiliates have their Affiliate Representative sign on behalf +of the organization; they and other Affiliate employees/volunteers can of +course sign separtely on their own behalf, too. + +Respectfully, + +Original Signers: + +FIXME_INITAL_SIGNATORIES HERE + +Later Signers: + +FIXME_MERGE_REQUESTED_SIGS_WILL_GO_HERE -- 2.30.2