Re: Call for votes on «Statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board»

["Nicolas Dandrimont" <nicolas@dandrimont.eu>]

On Fri, Apr 2, 2021, at 17:53, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> Better done with the morning coffee than late at night :-)
> 
> I suggest the following options and ordering to appear on the ballot:
> 
> [A] Call for the FSF board removal, as in rms-open-letter.github.io
>     (proposed by Steve Langasek, currently base proposal)
> 
> [B] Call for Stallman's resignation from FSF all bodies
>     (proposed by Sruthi Chandran, currently proposal B)
> 
> [C] Discurage collaboration with the FSF while Stallman is in a leading position
>     (proposed by Santiago Ruano Rincón, currently proposal C)
> 
> [D] Call on the FSF to further its governance processes
>     (proposed by Jonathan Wiltshire, currently proposal D)
> 
> [E] Debian will not issue a public statement on this issue
>     (proposed by Timo Weingärtner, currently proposal E)
> 
> [F] Support Stallman's reinstatement, as in rms-support-letter.github.io
>     (proposed by Timo Weingärtner, currently proposal A)
> 
> My reasoning for this suggested ordering is to present the options
> ordered, from most strongly against to most strongly in support of
> Stallman. They could also be presented in the inverse order, if it
> seems that proposed options [E] and [F] are too underrepresented and
> left to the endto the end.

I would suggest moving proposal E to the top or to the bottom of the ballot, as one can argue that this "status quo" option doesn't really fit within the "condemn → support" axis you've proposed. I think I agree with how the other options are ordered.

Thanks,
-- 
Nicolas Dandrimont