From df1919bf46016080ec378db9d7906faedda3ad37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Kelling Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:58:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] improve clarity and accuracy --- petition.md | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/petition.md b/petition.md index 4a3d19c..085e18a 100644 --- a/petition.md +++ b/petition.md @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ consistent use of the term "Open Source." **In 2025, OSI excluded all votes for three candidates before publishing results.** The announcement of the -[altered voting results]((https://opensource.org/blog/announcing-the-new-directors-of-osi-board)) +[altered voting results](https://opensource.org/blog/announcing-the-new-directors-of-osi-board) did not name the removed candidates, but they were Bentley Hensel, Bradley Kuhn, and Richard Fontana (incidentally, a former OSI director). @@ -54,13 +54,14 @@ would be able to discuss how to resolve the issue later if they won the election Then, **about one hour after voting ended, OSI emailed a *new* requirement to the 11 non-incumbent candidates. They gave a 47-hour deadline for all to -sign the Board Agreement or be disqualified.** +sign the board member agreement or be disqualified.** Hensel missed the deadline simply by not checking his email soon enough. -Having no chance to otherwise resolve or discuss their Agreement concerns, -Fontana and Kuhn returned signed agreements that included their proposed changes. -OSI then removed them all as "ineligible" and published only an altered -vote tally after manually removing all votes for the three eliminated candidates. +Having no chance to otherwise resolve or discuss their Agreement +concerns, Fontana and Kuhn returned signed agreements that included +their proposed changes. OSI then published the announcement which +excluded all votes for the three candidates. + ## Ramifications -- 2.30.2