<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Paul,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">can you please explain to me which article of the <a href="http://X.Org" class="">X.Org</a> bylaws allows the board of directors to take such action without prior voting by the <a href="http://X.Org" class="">X.Org</a> members? I am not enciting that it is wrongful, I just did not find it in the bylaws.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Marc</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 24.03.2021 um 17:56 schrieb Lyude Paul <<a href="mailto:lyude@redhat.com" class="">lyude@redhat.com</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hello. As many of you are already likely aware, yesterday Richard M. Stallman<br class="">rejoined the Board of Directors for the Free Software Foundation. This is an<br class="">incredibly disappointing decision, one which runs contrary to the values that<br class="">the <a href="http://X.org" class="">X.org</a> and <a href="http://freedesktop.org" class="">freedesktop.org</a> communities are built-upon.<br class=""><br class="">Richard M. Stallman, or RMS for short, has an infamously well documented history<br class="">of causing problems both for the FSF, it's associated projects, and open source<br class="">as a whole. On numerous occasions he's exhibited seriously inappropriate<br class="">behavior and views that are transphobic, ableist, and misogynist among many<br class="">other things that are wholly unacceptable and which have no place in the open<br class="">source community. In doing so he's set a dangerous and irresponsible precedence<br class="">for the open source community that has tarnished its reputation for ages.<br class=""><br class="">As well, the board for the Free Software Foundation must also be held<br class="">accountable for his actions and presence back on the board. While RMS himself is<br class="">a huge problem, he would not be able to hold a place on the FSF BoD without the<br class="">board being complacent with his behavior and allowing him to return. This is<br class="">also part of a long recurring pattern with the FSF board encouraging RMS's<br class="">behavior and refusing to hold him accountable. It is not enough for RMS to step<br class="">down again, the entire board of directors must step down.<br class=""><br class="">It is for these reasons that the <a href="http://X.org" class="">X.org</a> foundation's Board of Directors have<br class="">overwhelmingly voted to join in the call for the FSF's Board of Directors to<br class="">step down, and additionally for RMS to be removed from all leadership positions<br class="">including the GNU project. You can find our endorsement of this along with more<br class="">information here:<br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://rms-open-letter.github.io/" class="">https://rms-open-letter.github.io/</a><br class=""><br class="">We encourage members of X.org, freedesktop.org, and the open source community as<br class="">a whole to endorse this letter and boycott involvement with the FSF and<br class="">associated projects.<br class=""><br class="">Sincerely,<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Lyude Paul - X.org board member and Secretary<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>On behalf of the X.org foundation<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>