Hello, Seeking seconds: ===BEGIN Replace the entire text with: Under section 4.1.5 of the constitution, the Developers make the following statement: The Debian Project echoes and supports recent calls to remove Richard M. Stallman from positions of leadership within free software, for which we believe him to be inappropriate. We are disappointed by the actions of those responsible for restoring him to the Free Software Foundation's Board of Directors, and urge that that decision be reversed. ===END The point of this is not to call for the removal of the entire FSF board, as the open letter does, while still supporting the main thrust of the open letter, which is about Stallman himself. The vote to restore Stallman to the board was not unanimous, and there is some confusion about how the procedure for elections to the board actually works, so the call to remove *all* board members does not make sense to me. And the FSF is going to need people with experience to help it recover from this whole affair. There are probably others who think similarly to me about the call to remove the whole board, so this amendment gives them something to vote for in preference to just signing the open letter. It's an alternative rather than a rival. I see that some people have raised concerns about the appendix to the open letter. I haven't formed an opinion about that myself yet, but perhaps this amendment could be something for such individuals to vote for, too. -- Sean Whitton
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